| western blot seroindeterminate individuals for human t-lymphotropic virus i/ii (htlv-i/ii) in fortaleza (brazil): a serological and molecular diagnostic and epidemiological approach. | how to handle western blot (wb) seroindeterminate individuals for human t-lymphotropic virus 1/2 (htlv-1/2) constitutes a challenge for blood banks and families. we made a cross-sectional study of 191 enzyme linked immunoassay (eia) reactive individuals from the hematological center (hemoce) of fortaleza (brazil), examining their serological (wb) and molecular (pcr) diagnosis, and demographic profiles, as well as a possible association of their condition with other infectious pathologies and ris ... | 2003 | 14499043 |
| htlv-negative and htlv type i-positive tropical spastic paraparesis in northeastern brazil. | a type-specific serological survey among 1042 random nonneurological outpatients in two cities in the state of ceara (northeastern brazil) shows a low prevalence of htlv-i (0.34% in fortaleza; 0.44% in crato) and of htlv-ii (0.34% in fortaleza; 0% in crato). among 62 chronic myelopathic patients seen in fortaleza 27 patients were found with clinical features of tropical spastic paraparesis (tsp); 10 of 27 were found htlv-i seropositive (37%; 95% confidence limits, 19-58%). proviral genome detect ... | 1995 | 7742045 |
| prevalence of hiv-1, hiv-2 and htlv antibody, in fortaleza, ceara, brazil, 1993-1994. | to evaluate the respective part of hiv-1, hiv-2, and human t lymphotropic virus (htlv) infection in fortaleza, the principal city of the ceara state (northeast of brazil), a cross-sectional seroepidemiological survey was conducted from july 1993 to february 1994 in 6 selected groups: pregnant women, tuberculosis (tb) patients, sexually transmitted disease (std) patients, female and male commercial sex workers (csws) and prisoners. sera were screened by mixt hiv-1/hiv-2 commercial enzyme immunoas ... | 1996 | 8894828 |