HTLV-I/II and blood donors: Determinants associated with seropositivity in a low risk population

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 470-476

  Catalan Soares, Bernadette ^a   de F Carneiro Proietti, Ann Bárbara ^a   Proietti, Fernando Augusto ^b  

^a FUNDAÇÃO HEMOMINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood donors; Blot; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; HTLV 1 infections, blood; HTLV II infections, blood; Prevalence; Risk factors; Serologic tests; Western

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAZIL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROCESS MONITORING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0141626826     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102003000400012     Document Type: Article

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