Coinfection by Strongyloides stercoralis in blood donors infected with human T-cell leukemia/lymphoma virus type 1 in São Paulo city, Brazil


Autoria(s): Chieffi,Pedro P; Chiattone,Carlos S; Feltrim,Elder N; Alves,Rita CS; Paschoalotti,Maria A
Data(s)

01/10/2000

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 São 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%; on the other hand, the control group showed a frequency significantly lower of S. stercoralis infection (1.6%), suggesting that HTLV-1 patients shoud be considered as a high risk group for strongyloidiasis in São Paulo city.

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http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762000000500017

Idioma(s)

en

Publicador

Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde

Fonte

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz v.95 n.5 2000

Palavras-Chave #strongyloidiasis #human T-cell leukemia/lymphoma virus type 1 #blood donors #São Paulo #Brazil
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journal article