Confirming the presence of HTLV-1 infection and the absence of HTLV-2 in blood donors from arequipa, PERU

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-29

  Quispe, Nadia Carmela Santos ^a   Feria, Edwin Bengoa ^b   De Santos Fortuna, Elizabeth Los ^c   Caterino De Araujo, Adele ^c  

^a Hospital Goyeneche   (Peru)

^b Hospital Regional Honorio Delgado Espinoza   (Peru)

^c INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood donors; HTLV 2; Human t cell lymphotropic virus 1 (HTLV 1); Peru; Serology

Indexed keywords

HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS B; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERU; SYPHILIS; TATTOOING; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HTLV-I ANTIBODIES; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HTLV-II ANTIBODIES; HTLV-II INFECTIONS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 2; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERU; PREVALENCE;

EID: 60849127591     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652009000100005     Document Type: Article

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