| human t-cell lymphotropic virus type i association with strongyloïdes stercoralis: a case control study among caribbean blood donors from guadeloupe (french west indies). | | 2000 | 11184174 |
| epidemiologic study of the association between human t-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 and strongyloides stercoralis infection in female blood donors (guadeloupe, french west indies). | this case control study was conducted among female blood donors in guadeloupe. a total of 85 htlv-1 positive subjects were matched by age (+/- 5 years) in a 1:3 ratio to 255 htlv-1 negative controls. the mean age was 48.5 and 48.9 years respectively. ethnic, environmental and socio-economic risk factors were studied. four risk factors were found independently associated with htlv-1 seropositivity: strongyloides stercoralis antibodies (or = 3.6, ci 1.8, 7.3), low socio-economic status (or = 2.0 c ... | 2004 | 15114885 |
| [intestinal parasitosis in french west indies: endemic evolution from 1991 to 2003 in the university hospital of pointe-a-pitre, guadeloupe]. | guadeloupe is one of the french west indies, where, until 1960, intestinal parasitic infections were endemic. in the microbiological laboratory of the university hospital of the island, we carried out a retrospective study of the 17,660 stool examinations received from 1991 to 2003. all the stool specimens were examined using at least a wet mount preparation and a concentration method (bailenger). specific techniques such as ziehl-neelsen modified acid fast stain, chromotrope staining procedure ... | 2006 | 17111973 |