| htlv-1/2 among high-risk groups in argentina: molecular diagnosis and prevalence of different sexual transmitted infections. | the objectives of this study were to estimate the prevalence and characterize the epidemiologic patterns of htlv-1/2 infections and co-infections with hiv, hbv (hepatitis b), hcv (hepatitis c), and treponema pallidum in five different high-risk groups, including injecting drug users (idus), female sex workers (fsws), men who have sex with men (msm), patients with tuberculosis (tb), and patients attending clinics for sexually transmitted infections (stis) in buenos aires, argentina. the htlv-1/2 ... | 2007 | 17935172 |
| evaluation of htlv-i/ii infection in blood donors in buenos aires. | htlv-i and htlv-ii are two related retroviruses that are transmitted by sexual contact, breast feeding, blood transfusion and needle sharing. in this study the prevalence of htlv-i and htlv-ii was evaluated in voluntary blood donors as a measure of the infection in the general population. samples were tested by a gelatine particle agglutination test and repeatedly reactive samples were confirmed by western blot tests (wbt), enriched with recombinant rgp21, rgp461 y rgp4611 proteins, which differ ... | 1995 | 8728867 |
| human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and other viral co-infections among young heterosexual men and women in argentina. | infections with hepatitis c virus, (hcv), hepatitis b virus (hbv), and human t lymphotropic type i/ii (htlv-i/ii) virus are commonly found in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (hiv-1). we conducted a seroepidemiologic study among 174 hiv-positive heterosexuals in buenos aires, argentina in 1999. evidence of exposure to hcv, hbv, and htlv-i/ii was found in 32%, 17%, and 5%, respectively. a higher prevalence of hbv infection was observed among males (33%) compared with fem ... | 2004 | 15306703 |