Coinfection by Strongyloides stercoralis in blood donors infected with human T-cell leukemia/lymphoma virus type 1 in Sao Paulo city, Brazil
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
; 95(5): 711-2, Sept.-Oct. 2000. tab
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RESUMO
The frequency of coinfection with Strongyloides stercoralis and human T-cell leukemia/lymphoma virus type 1 (HTML-1) was determined in 91 blood donors examined at the blood bank of a large hospital in Sao Paulo city, Brazil. As control group 61 individuals, not infected by HTLV-1, were submitted to the same techniques for the diagnosis of S. stercoralis infection. In HTLV-1 infected patients the frequency of S. stercoralis infection was 12.1 percent; on the other hand, the control group showed a frequency significantly lower of S. stercoralis infection (1.6 percent), suggesting that HTLV-1 patients shoud be considered as a high risk group for strongyloidiasis in Sao Paulo city.
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Asunto principal:
Estrongiloidiasis
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Donantes de Sangre
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Leucemia-Linfoma de Células T del Adulto
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Strongyloides stercoralis
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Deltaretrovirus
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Animals
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Humans
País como asunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Año:
2000
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Article