HTLV-1 seroprevalence among blood donors and food handlers in Guyana - a preliminary report - abstract
West Indian med. j
; 42(Suppl. 1): 32, Apr. 1993.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MedCarib
| ID: med-5142
Biblioteca responsável:
JM3.1
Localização: JM3.1; R18.W4
ABSTRACT
The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of HTLV-1 seropositivity in those blood donors, food handlers and patients with symptoms suggestive of HTLV-1 infection who were seen at the Georgetown Hospital from July 15 to September 30, 1992. Sera were tested for HTLV-1 antibodies at the Caribbean Epidemiology Centre. Three hundred and fifty-four subjects were studied of whom 279 (79 per cent) were blood donors and 75 (21 per cent) food handlers; 3.9 per cent of the former (11/279) and 12.0 per cent of the latter (9/75) were seropositive with an overall seropositivity of 5.6 per cent. Although Indo-Guyanese accounted for about 40 per cent of the total sample there was only one Indo-Guyanese who was seropositive for HTLV-1. The presence of signs and symptoms associated with HTLV-1 infection was not a useful predictor of the disease (AU)
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Coleções:
Bases de dados internacionais
Contexto em Saúde:
Doenças Negligenciadas
Problema de saúde:
Zoonoses
Base de dados:
MedCarib
Assunto principal:
Doadores de Sangue
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Infecções por HTLV-I
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Manipulação de Alimentos
Tipo de estudo:
Fatores de risco
Limite:
Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
América do Sul
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Caribe Inglês
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Guiana
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
West Indian med. j
Ano de publicação:
1993
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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Congresso e conferência