| use of replacement blood donors to study the epidemiology of major blood-borne viruses in the general population of maputo, mozambique. | the seroprevalence rates of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv), human t-cell leukemia/lymphoma virus (htlv), hepatitis b virus (hbv), hepatitis d virus (hdv), and hepatitis c virus (hcv) in mozambique are poorly documented. the epidemiology of these infections was studied in the maputo region. all donors attending the blood bank during the study period were interviewed and underwent serological and molecular tests for markers of virus exposure. thus, 1,578 consecutive replacement blood donors we ... | 2007 | 17935167 |
| serologic and molecular typing of human t-lymphotropic virus among blood donors in maputo city, mozambique. | screening for human t-lymphotropic virus-1/2 (htlv-1/2) infection is not performed in blood banks in mozambique. the aim was to determine the prevalence of htlv-1/2 among blood donors of the maputo central hospital blood bank and measure the coinfection rate of htlv-1/2 with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv), hepatitis b virus (hbv), and syphilis. | 2009 | 19222818 |