Substance Abuse Intravenous Blood
Mostrando 1-2 de 2 artigos, teses e dissertações.
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1. Co-infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human T-lymphotropic virus types 1 (HTLV-1) and 2 (HTLV-2) in a reference outpatient clinic in São Paulo: epidemiologic, clinical, laboratory and histological evaluation / Coinfecção pelo vírus da hepatite C (VHC) e vírus linfotrópicos de células T humanas dos tipos 1 (HTLV-1) ou 2 (HTLV-2) em ambulatório de referência de São Paulo: avaliação epidemiológica, clínica, laboratorial e histológica
Co-infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human T-lymphotropic virus types 1 (HTLV-1) and 2 (HTLV-2) is expected, as these viruses share common infection routes. Due to the relevance of these viral infections in Brazil and the existing gaps in knowledge about HCV/HTLV co-infection, we carried out this cross-sectional survey. A cohort of co-infected patie
Publicado em: 2006
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2. Dinamica de transmissão do HIV entre usuários de drogas injetáveis, na cidade de Santos, São Paulo, Brasil / Dynamic of HIV transmission among injecting drug users, in the city of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
In order to study the seroprevalence of HIV and infections with related transmission patterns, as hepatitis B and C, syphilis and HTLV (1 and 2), we interviewed and bled 197 IDUs, sampled by snow-balling and compared with 197 blood donors matched for age and sex, both groups from the city of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Seroprevalences found were 62% for HIV,
Publicado em: 1995