Counseling blood donors seropositive for human T-lymphotropic virus types I and II in a developing country
Human T-lymphotropic virus types I and II (HTLV-I/II) are blood-transmitted retroviruses associated with leukemia, myelopathy, and uveitis. From 51,135 eligible blood donors at the Fundação Hemominas tested in 1993, 689 (1.35%) were repeatedly reactive to HTLV-I/II antibodies by enzyme immunoassay a...
Main Authors: | Valéria M. A. Passos, Fátima F. Calazans, Anna Bárbara F. Carneiro-Proietti |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
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Series: | Cadernos de Saúde Pública |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X1998000200026&lng=en&tlng=en |
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