| serological, epidemiological and molecular aspects of hepatitis c virus infection in a population from londrina, pr, brazil, 2001-2002. | serological, epidemiological and molecular aspects of hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection were evaluated in 183 subjects from londrina, paraná, brazil, and adjacent areas. serum samples which tested anti-hcv positive by microparticle enzyme immunoassay (meia) obtained from eight patients with chronic hepatitis c, 48 blood donors, and 127 patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) were submitted to another enzyme immunoassay (elisa) and to the polymerase chain reaction (pcr). abo ... | 2004 | 15654474 |
| seroprevalence and risk factors for human t cell lymphotropic virus type 1 and 2 infection in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients attending aids referral center health units in londrina and other communities in paraná, brazil. | the municipality of londrina ranks second in the number of aids cases in the state of paraná, brazil, with the ministry of health notified of 1070 cases from 1984 to 2002. the aim of this study was to determine the seroprevalence and risk factors for htlv-1/2 infection in hiv-infected patients attending the aids reference center serving londrina (and surrounding region), paraná, brazil. data concerning sociodemographic conditions and risk factors were collected from 784 hiv-infected patients, us ... | 2005 | 15943567 |