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| Barone,Antonio Alci; Tosta,Rose Aparecida Borges; Tengan,Fátima Mitiko; Marins,José Humberto Caetano; Cavalheiro,Norma de Paula; Cardi,Bruno Andrade. |
| A follow-up study was made of 94 chronic hepatitis C patients at a hepatitis clinic in Brazil, after interferon alpha (IFN-alpha) therapy, to determine the influence of anti-interferon antibodies on treatment outcome. Patients diagnosed as having chronic hepatitis C, confirmed by PCR (HCV RNA) and liver biopsy, were treated with interferon alpha 2a or 2b for at least six months, and were followed up for 24 weeks after termination of treatment in order to assess biochemical, virological and clinical pathology responses. Only 6% of the 94 patients developed anti-IFN antibodies, 70% presented a biochemical response and 23% maintained a sustained virological response. Clinical evaluation revealed that in only 2 patients was there progression of fibrosis; the... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Interferon-alpha; Antibodies; Chronic HCV; Treatment. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702004000100002 |
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| Cavalheiro,Norma de Paula; Filgueiras,Thelma Cristina; Melo,Carlos Eduardo; Morimitsu,Suzana Rie; Araújo,Evaldo Stanislau Affonso de; Tengan,Fátima Mitiko; Barone,Antonio Alci. |
| Although hepatitis C is mainly hepatotropic, some studies suggest that hepatitis C virus (HCV) infects peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), using them as a reservoir, which might contribute to the development of resistance to treatment. Fifty-four hepatitis-C patients, who had been submitted to treatment, were selected. Blood samples were collected on the same day for the detection of HCV RNA in serum and PBMC by PCR, using the Amplicor HCV 2.0 assay (Roche Diagnostics). HCV genotyping was performed using the INNO-LiPA HCV kit (Versant, Bayer Diagnostics). HCV RNA was detected in both serum and PBMC in 35 (64%) patients and no RNA in 16 (29.6%). Disagreement between the serum and PBMC results was observed for three patients (5.6%), with HCV RNA being... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: PCR; Hepatitis C; PBMC; Treatment. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702007000500006 |
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| Cavalheiro,Norma de Paula; Santos,Ana Carolina de Oliveira; Melo,Carlos Eduardo; Morimitsu,Suzana Rie; Barone,Antonio Alci. |
| Though HCV infection is a serious public health problem, some aspects of its biology are still not well understood, such as its transmission through seminal fluid and sexual transmission. We looked for HCV in the semen of infected patients. Thirteen patients were included. Semen fractions (seminal plasma, leukocytes and spermatozoa) were separated with 45% and 90% Percoll gradients. The HCV-RNA in blood and semen fractions was extracted using the same protocol (AMPLICOR Roche) and was detected using the qualitative Roche Amplicor test and by agarose gel electrophoresis, with ethidium bromide staining. The mean age of the patients was 40.7 years. Risk factors for the acquisition of HCV included injectable and inhaled drug use in six (42.8%), blood... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: HCV; PCR; Sexual transmission; Semen. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702008000500003 |
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| Cavalheiro,Norma de Paula; de La Rosa,Abel; Elagin,Slava; Tengan,Fatima Mitiko; Barone,Antonio Alci. |
| INTRODUCTION: There is general consensus that hepatitis C virus is efficiently transmitted by the parenteral route, whereas data on viral transmission by sexual or non-sexual intrafamilial contact are conflicting. OBJECTIVE AND METHOD: The aim of this study was to investigate the transmission of hepatitis C virus in nine heterosexual couples. RESULT: The mean age of the couples was 43.7 years. When interviewed, all of the women denied the presence of risk factors for acquisition of the infection, whereas the cause of infection in the nine husbands could be attributed to blood transfusions in two of them (22.2%), use of intravenous and inhaled drugs in six (66.7%), acupuncture in one (11.1%), and tattooing in one (11.1%). All men and none of the women... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Sexually transmitted diseases; Phylogeny; Hepatitis C. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702010000500001 |
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