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| Acar,Ali; Kemahli,Sabri; Altunay,Husnu; Kosan,Erdogan; Oncul,Oral; Gorenek,Levent; Cavuslu,Saban. |
| The national blood transfusion policies have been changed significantly in recent years in Turkey. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of HBV, HCV, and HIV in blood donors at the Red Crescent Center in Istanbul and to evaluate the effect of changes in the national blood transfusion policies on the prevalence of these infections. The screening results of 72695 blood donations at the Red Crescent Center in Istanbul between January and December 2007 were evaluated retrospectively. HBsAg, anti-HCV, and anti-HIV-1/2 were screened by microparticle enzyme immunoassay (MEIA) method. Samples found to be positive for anti-HIV 1/2 and anti-HCV were confirmed by Inno-Lia HCV Ab III and Inno-Lia HIV I/II Score, respectively. The seropositivity... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: HBV; HCV; HIV; Seroprevalence; Blood donors; Turkey. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702010000100009 |
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| Voigt,Andréia Royer; Strazer Neto,Miguel; Spada,Celso; Treitinger,Arício. |
| Hepatitis B and C are important causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. In Brazil, according to the Ministry of Health, about 15% of population is infected by hepatitis B virus (HBV) and less than 1% by hepatitis C virus (HCV). Nevertheless, the age-specific prevalence of HBV and HCV markers remains unknown. This study aimed to determine the seroprevalence of HBV and HCV markers of infection and immunity in children and adolescents between 10 to 16 years old who live in the metropolitan area of Florianópolis, state of Santa Catarina, South of Brazil. Three hundred and eighty four individuals were enrolled in this study. Serological markers for HBV and HCV (HBsAg, total anti-HBc, anti-HBc IgM, anti-HBs and anti-HCV) were determined through... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: HBV; HCV; HBsAg; Anti-HBs; Anti-HBc; Anti-HCV; Seroprevalence. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702010000100012 |
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| Nóbrega,Isabella; Dantas,Paula; Rocha,Priscila; Rios,Isabela; Abraão,Marcos; M. Netto,Eduardo; Brites,Carlos. |
| BACKGROUND: The occurrence of syphilis and HIV-1 infections during pregnancy are major risks to the fetus due to mother-to-child transmission (MTCT). OBJECTIVES: To determine peripartum seroprevalence and risk factors of syphilis and HIV-1 infection among pregnant women in Salvador, Brazil, and the rate of HIV-1 MTCT. METHODS:Cross-sectional study of pregnant women who were admitted for delivery in a reference maternity hospital between May 2008 and March 2009 was conducted. Women were screened for HIV-1 infection and syphilis, and interviewed regarding demographic, behavioral and obstetric data. Newborns to HIV-infected mothers were tested by b-DNA and DNA-PCR to detect HIV-1. RESULTS: A total 3300/8516 women were evaluated. Mean age was 25.8 ± 7.3 years.... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Human immunodeficiency virus; Syphilis; Seroprevalence; Risk factors; Parturient; Pregnant; Mother-to-child transmission; Brazil. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702013000200012 |
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| Altay,Tulin; Uskun,Ersin; Akcam,Fusun Zeynep. |
| OBJECTIVES: The objective of this cross-sectional study was to determine seroprevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen and related risk factors among new recruits in a military unit in Turkey. METHODS: Eight thousand five hundred eighty-nine newly-recruited soldiers were enrolled in the study. Blood samples were drawn from them between January 2006 and December 2006 and ELISA technique was applied to the samples. In addition, questions on the risk factors of hepatitis B exposure were asked to the participants in the survey. RESULTS: The results demonstrated that HBsAg seroprevalence was 2.8%. Further survey results indicated that seropositivity increased depending on certain risk factors. In multiple regression analysis, significant correlations were... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Seroprevalence; Hepatitis B surface antigen; HBsAg. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702012000400005 |
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| Boa-Sorte,Ney; Purificação,Antônio; Amorim,Tatiana; Assunção,Lorena; Reis,Alan; Galvão-Castro,Bernardo. |
| Introduction:Screening for vertically transmitted infection is mandatory and must be conducted at the first prenatal consultation. The most vulnerable women's groups are those at the lowest socio-economic level. Dried blood spot testing on filter paper could represent a secure way to screen pregnant women in the prenatal period.Methods:A cross-sectional study was conducted between November 2009 and March 2010, in the Metropolitan Region of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, to compare the accuracy of the dried blood spot in filter paper and venipuncture serological as screening methods for HIV, HTLV, VHB, VHC, Treponema pallidum, and Toxoplasma gondii during prenatal period. Results of the venous blood sample collected in tubes were considered the gold... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Prenatal care; Infectious diseases; Seroprevalence; Dried blood spot testinga. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702014000600618 |
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| Lyra,Andre C.; Santana,Genoile; Santana,Nelma; Silvany-Neto,Anibal; Magalhães,Emilia; Pereira,Eduardo M.; Mascarenhas,Ramiro; Lyra,Marcos C.; Veiga,Andrea; Ferreira,Karina; Zaterka,Schilioma; Lyra,Luiz G.. |
| Helicobacter pylori plays an important role in the etiology of peptic ulcer disease. Its prevalence appears to be higher in developing countries. We evaluated the seroprevalence of H. pylori and risk factors associated with infection in voluntary blood donors who attended the main blood center of the city of Salvador, Brazil. The subjects responded to an epidemiological questionnaire, with information about sex, age, race, lifestyle, social-economic level indicators, and residence and hygiene conditions. Anti-H. pylori antibody was determined by ELISA (Cobas Core, Roche). Three hundred and seven subjects were included in the study. Anti-H. pylori antibody results were indeterminate in 33 individuals (10.8%), who were excluded from analysis. Among the... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: H. pylori; Seroprevalence; Risk factors; Brazil. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702003000500009 |
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| Silva,L.K.; Silva,M.B.S.; Rodart,I.F.; Lopes,G.B.; Costa,F.Q.; Melo,M.E.; Gusmão,E.; Reis,M.G.. |
| Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has been identified as the major cause of chronic liver disease among patients on chronic hemodialysis (HD), despite the important reduction in risks obtained by testing candidate blood donors for anti-HCV antibodies and the use of recombinant erythropoietin to treat anemia. A cross-sectional study was performed to estimate the prevalence of HCV infection and genotypes among HD patients in Salvador, Northeastern Brazil. Anti-HCV seroprevalence was determined by ELISA in 1243 HD patients from all ten different dialysis centers of the city. HCV infection was confirmed by RT-PCR and genotyping was performed by restriction fragment length polymorphism. Anti-HCV seroprevalence among HD patients was 10.5% (95% CI: 8.8-12.3)... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Hepatitis C; Seroprevalence; Viremia; Hemodialysis; Genotype; Brazil. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2006000500005 |
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| Souza,V.A.U.F.; Sumita,L.M.; Freire,W.; Sato,H.K.; Grandi,J.L.; Pierrotti,L.C.; Nascimento,M.C.; Pannuti,C.S.. |
| Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) is a newly described herpesvirus that is etiologically associated with all forms of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS). Seroepidemiological studies have shown high prevalence rates of HHV-8 antibodies among men who have sex with men (MSM) and AIDS patients, African children, Brazilian Amerindians, and elderly individuals in certain regions of Europe. The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of HHV-8 antibodies in healthy children and young adults from different cities in São Paulo State, and in a population at high risk for HHV-8 infection: HIV-negative MSM, and AIDS patients with and without KS. Antibodies to HHV-8 latency-associated nuclear antigen and lytic-phase antigens were detected by immunofluorescence assays. In... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other |
Palavras-chave: HHV-8; Seroprevalence; AIDS; Kaposi's sarcoma; Immunofluorescence assay; Latency-associated nuclear antigen; Lytic-phase antigens. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2004000100017 |
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| Jovanovic,Dragutin; Atanasievska,Sonja; Protic-Djokic,Vesna; Rakic,Uros; Lukac-Radoncic,Elvira; Ristanovic,Elizabeta. |
| Lyme disease (LD) is a natural focal zoonotic disease caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, which is mainly transmitted through infected Ixodes ricinus tick bites. The presence and abundance of ticks in various habitats, the infectivity rate, as well as prolonged human exposure to ticks are factors that may affect the infection risk as well as the incidence of LD. In recent years, 20% to 25% of ticks infected with different borrelial species, as well as about 5,300 citizens with LD, have been registered in the Belgrade area. Many of the patients reported tick bites in city’s grassy areas. The aim of this study was to assess the seroprevalence of B. burgdorferi in high-risk groups (forestry workers and soldiers) in the Belgrade area, and to compare the results... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Borrelia burgdorferi; Lyme disease; Seroprevalence; Forestry workers; Soldiers. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822015000300807 |
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| Salaberry,Sandra R.S.; Castro,Vanessa; Nassar,Alessandra F.C.; Castro,Jacqueline R.; Guimarães,Ednaldo C.; Lima-Ribeiro,Anna M.C.. |
| The objectives of the present study were to verify the seroprevalence of anti-Leptospira spp. antibodies, identify the most frequent serovars and the risk factors associated with the infection in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil . A total of 334 ovines blood samples were collected in 12 farms from Uberlândia municipality to be evaluated by means the Microscopic Agglutination Test (MAT) against 22 serovars of Leptospira spp. and an epidemiologic questionnaire was applied for each farm in order to correlate with risk factors of leptospirosis: sex, age and breed as well as contact with cattle, contact with dogs and presence of rodents. The prevalence of seropositive to MAT was found in seventy four ovines (22.2%; CI 95% 17.6-26.4%), with titers ranging from... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Leptospirosis; Seroprevalence; Serovars; Sheep. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822011000400026 |
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| Menegol,Débora; Spilki,Fernando Rosado. |
| Chronic viral hepatitis are main public health problems worldwide. Data about the seroprevalence to Hepatitis B and C viruses (HBV e HCV) at the population level are scarce on Brazil and especially for the Southern region of the country. The seroprevalence to HBV and HBC antigens was evaluated on a large portion of the population of the municipality of Caxias do Sul (427,858 inhabitants), Brazil. A total of 60,604 individual serum samples collected from 2008 to 2011 were screened for HBV surface antigen (HBsAg) and for antibodies against HBsAg; anti HCV antibodies were measured by ELISA (Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay). Overall, 1.63% of the individuals were positive for HBsAg and 1.43% showed seropositivity to HCV. From the total, 31,749 samples were... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis C virus; Seroprevalence. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822013000400030 |
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| Passos,Ana Maria; Strazer Neto,Miguel; Treitinger,Aricio; Spada,Celso. |
| We investigated the prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) serological markers of infection in young adults from the metropolitan region of Florianópolis who were conscripts of the Air Base of Florianópolis in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. A population-based cross-sectional seroprevalence study was conducted with 371 young males during a one year period starting in June 2009. Demographic characteristics, socio-economic characteristics and possible risk factors to HBV and HCV were assessed. Blood samples were analyzed for HBsAg, anti-HBc, anti-HCV and anti-HBs through automated microparticle enzymatic immunoassays (Abbott®, AxSYM System, Wiesbaden, Germany). None of the participants showed positivity to HBsAg or anti-HCV.... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: HBV; HCV; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Seroprevalence. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502012000200009 |
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| Gondim,Maria Fernanda Naegeli; Acosta,Igor da Cunha Lima; Rangel,Maria Cristina Valdetaro; Soares,Herbert Sousa; Gennari,Solange Maria; Dubey,Jitender Prakash; Cubas,Zalmir Silvino; Moraes,Wanderlei de; Chaparro,Francisco Javier Sosa; Barreto,Francisco Candido Cardoso; Rossi Junior,João Luiz. |
| ABSTRACT: Lowland Tapir ( Tapirus terrestris ) is the second largest South American land mammal. It is strictly herbivorous and its exposure to Toxoplasma gondii should be indicative of environmental contamination by oocysts.In the present study antibodies to T. gondii in 47 Brazilian tapirs maintained ex situ in 10 Brazilian and in one Paraguayan institution were sought in serum samples by the modified agglutination test (MAT ≥25). None of the animals presented clinical signs during the study. From 47 animals 35 (74.5%) were positive with titers of 25 in 8, 50 in 6, 100 in 12, 200 in 5, 400 in 1 and 800 in 3. One animal had samples collected on twice, and 19 were born in captivity. There was no association between occurrence of T. gondii antibodies and... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Ex situ; Lowland tapir; Tapirus terrestris; Toxoplasma gondii; Seroprevalence. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782017000300502 |
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| Aziz,Fariha; Tasawar,Zahida; Lashari,Mushtaq Hussain. |
| ABSTRACT: Cystic echinococcosis is a parasitic infection of worldwide distribution, which, despite causing significant loss of health and money, is still a neglected disease. The present study was performed to determine the prevalence of bovine hydatid disease at Research Centre for the Conservation of Sahiwal Cattle, Jahangirabad, Khanewal, Pakistan. Five hundred bovine serum samples were tested for the detection of bovine Echinococcus antibodies (IgG), using the ELISA kits. Antibodies of bovine Echinococcus were detected in 24.2% cattle. Female cattle showed higher disease prevalence (33.2%) compared to (6.02%) in male cattle. There was positive association between sex of cattle and prevalence (P<0.05). Positive correlation between disease prevalence... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Echinococcus antibodies; Seroprevalence; ELISA; Age; Sex. |
| Ano: 2020 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782020000400501 |
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| Guerra,Joice Loures; Okano,Werner; Bogado,Alexey Leon Gomel; Nino,Beatriz de Souza Lima; Martins,Felippe Danyel Cardoso; Cardim,Sérgio Tosi; Barros,Luiz Daniel de; Garcia,João Luis. |
| ABSTRACT: The presence of anti-Neospora caninum antibodies in beef cattle slaughtered in the northern region of the state of Paraná, Brazil, was evaluated. A total of 401 blood samples were collected; 281 samples from the municipality of Rolândia and 120 from the municipality of Borrazópolis, between April 2015 and November 2016. Of the total samples, 289 were from females and 112 from males, aged one and a half to eight years. Indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT) was performed, using a cut-off of 1:100. Variables were tabulated for statistical analyses (Fisher’s exact test and chi-square tests, p≤0.05). The analysis showed that of the 401 samples, 37 were positive for N. caninum, indicating a prevalence of 9.2 %, and observed titers were 1:100 (16),... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Neosporosis; Seroprevalence; IFAT; Cattle; Paraná state. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782019000500500 |
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