| HTLV-II in blood donors at the Blood Center Net of Ceará - HEMOCE. | |
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PMID: 21691695 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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OBJECTIVE: To identify HTLV-II revalence in blood donors at the Blood Center Net of Ceará (Hemorrede do Ceará - HEMOCE) and epidemiological aspects of positive cases. METHODS: Cases considered positive were surveyed from data bases through the immunoenzymatic method ELISA and confirmed by Western Blot from 2001 to 2008. In this period, 679,610 blood samples from voluntary donors were tested. RESULTS: From all donors, 164 samples were actually positive in both tests; of these, 33 (20.1%) were typed as HTLV-II, showing a prevalence of 0.006%. In positive cases, a mean age 28.2 years, and a predominantly male gender (54.5%) were observed, the race was mixed in 78.8%, most donors had Fortaleza as hometown (72.7%), with 51.5% being married/consensual union, and 33.3% reported to have completed high school education. CONCLUSION: Although HTLV-II infection is low, its presence is universal, being similar in males and females mostly in urban centers. The need of preventive measures as a way of avoiding infection spread is stressed. |
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Francisca Vânia Barreto Aguiar Ferreira Gomes; José Eleutério Junior |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE |
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Title: Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) Volume: 57 ISSN: 0104-4230 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Jun |
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Created Date: 2011-6-21 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9308586 Medline TA: Rev Assoc Med Bras Country: - |
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Languages: ENG; POR Pagination: 315-318 Citation Subset: - |
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Divisão de Ensino e Pesquisa, Centro de Hematologia e Hemoterapia do Ceará, SESA, Fortaleza, CE. |
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HTLV II em doadores de sangue na Hemorrede do Ceará - HEMOCE. |
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