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Decline in hepatitis B and C prevalence among hemodialysis patients in Tocantin...
Cordeiro, Valéria Maciel; Martins, Bruno César Teodoro; Teles, Sheila Araujo; Martins, Regina Maria Bringel; Cruvinel, Karla Prado de SouzaInfection control measures have been responsible for a decline in the prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections in hemodialysis patients. In Brazil, these measures have been in place since 1996. The aim of this study was to evaluate the current HBV and HCV epidemiology among hemodialysis patients in the State of Tocantins comparing them with those found 14 years ago. There was...
Viral hepatitis in female sex workers using the respondent-driven sampling
Matos, Marcos André de; França, Divânia Dias da Silva; Carneiro, Megmar Aparecida dos Santos; Martins, Regina Maria Bringel MartinsOBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of hepatitis B virus and C virus infections and their genotypes and analyze the risk factors for the markers of exposure to hepatitis B virus in female sex workers in a region of intense sex trade. METHODS This is a cross-sectional study performed with four hundred and two female sex workers in Goiânia, Brazil. Data have been collected using the Respondent-Driven Sampling. T...
Conductas de riesgo para enfermedades de transmisión sexual entre usuarios de c...
Guimarães, Rafael Alves; Silva, Leandro Nascimento da; França, Divânia Dias da Silva; Del-Rios, Nativa Helena AlvesObjectives: to investigate the prevalence and risk behaviors by means of reporting of sexually transmitted diseases among crack users.Method: cross-sectional study carried out with 588 crack users in a referral care unit for the treatment of chemical dependency. Data were collected by means of face-to-face interview and analyzed using Stata statistical software, version 8.0.Results: of the total participants, 1...
Prevalência da infecção pelo HTLV-1, em remanescentes de quilombos no Brasil Ce...
Nascimento, Laura Branquinho do; Carneiro, Megmar Aparecida dos Santos; Teles, Sheila Araújo; Lopes, Carmen Luci Rodrigues; Reis, Nádia Rúbia da SilvaO presente estudo teve como objetivo estimar a prevalência da infecção pelo HTLV-1 em remanescentes de comunidades de população negra, os quilombos no Brasil Central. 1.837 indivíduos foram avaliados, sendo nove soropositivos para HTLV-1/2 por ELISA. Todos esses foram positivos para HTLV-1 por Western blot e/ou PCR, resultando em uma prevalência de 0,5% (IC 95%: 0,2-1,0). A idade dos indivíduos infectados vario...