Performances of HTLV serological tests in diagnosing HTLV infection in high-risk population of São Paulo, Brazil Desempenho de testes sorológicos para o diagnóstico de infecção por HTLV em população de alto-risco de São Paulo, Brasil

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Fabrício Jacob, Elizabeth de los Santos-Fortuna, Raymundo Soares Azevedo, Adele Caterino-de-Araujo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2007
• Subjects: Human T-lymphotropic virus type I and II (HTLV-I and HTLV-II); Serology; Enzyme immunoassay (EIA); Diagnosis; Performance; High-risk population; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Eia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652007000600005; https://doaj.org/article/50a4cfbe83a84c92b8da1a34f6f1649e

Testing problems in diagnosing human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV) infection, mostly HTLV-II, have been documented in HIV/AIDS patients. Since December 1998, the Immunology Department of Instituto Adolfo Lutz (IAL) offers HTLV-I/II serology to Public Health Units that attend HTLV high-risk individuals...