Coinfection by Strongyloides stercoralis in blood donors infected with human T-cell leukemia/lymphoma virus type 1 in São Paulo city, Brazil

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Pedro P Chieffi²  Carlos S Chiattone¹  Elder N Feltrim¹  Rita Cs Alves¹  Maria A Paschoalotti¹ 

[1] ,Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São PauloSão Paulo SP ,Brasil

关键词: strongyloidiasis;    human T-cell leukemia/lymphoma virus type 1;    blood donors;    São Paulo;    Brazil;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0074-02762000000500017

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The frequency of coinfection with Strongyloides stercoralis and human T-cell leukemia/lymphoma virus type 1 (HTML-1) was determined in 91 blood donors examined at the blood bank of a large hospital in São Paulo city, Brazil. As control group 61 individuals, not infected by HTLV-1, were submitted to the same techniques for the diagnosis of S. stercoralis infection. In HTLV-1 infected patients the frequency of S. stercoralis infection was 12.1%; on the other hand, the control group showed a frequency significantly lower of S. stercoralis infection (1.6%), suggesting that HTLV-1 patients shoud be considered as a high risk group for strongyloidiasis in São Paulo city.

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