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
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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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Main subject:
Strongyloidiasis
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Blood Donors
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Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell
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Strongyloides stercoralis
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Deltaretrovirus
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
Journal:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Journal subject:
Tropical Medicine
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Parasitology
Year:
2000
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo/BR
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Santa Casa de Sao Paulo/BR
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