The frequency of blood-born viral infections in a population of multitransfused Brazilian patients

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo

Dimas T. Covas¹  Edmir Boturão Neto¹  Marco A. Zago¹ 

[1] ,School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto Regional Blood Center and Division of Hematology

关键词: Blood-Born Viral Infections;    ß-thalassemia;    Hepatitis;    HIV-1;    HTLV-1;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0036-46651993000300008

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The frequency of viral markers for hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV), human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) and human T-lymphotropic virus-1 (HTLV-1) was evaluated in 32 Brazilian ß-thalassemia multitransfused patients. Additionaly the serum concentrations of ferritin and alanine aspartate transaminase (ALAT) were determined. The results show a high prevalence of markers of infection by HBV (25.0%) and HCV (46.8%) and a low prevalence of markers for HIV-1 and HTLV-1. No correlations were demonstrated between the presence of the hepatitis markers and the number of units transfused or the serum concentrations of ferritin and ALAT.

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