RESEARCH OF ANTIGEN AND ANTIBODIES FROM RETROVIRUSES, CMV AND HBV AMONG PRISONERS OF THE PENITENTIARY COMPLEX OF THE REGION OF CAMPINAS, SP, BRAZIL

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Neusa Maria OSTI, Antonio Fernando PESTANA DE CASTRO, Lucila COSTALLAT RICCI
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1998
• Subjects: AIDS; Prisoners; Co-transmission; HBV; CMV; HTLV; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Abbott; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651998000400001; https://doaj.org/article/956f34a1cc564cb6a3e2fafb4182a2d4

Some viruses of the families Retroviridae, such as Human T Lymphotropic Virus (HTLV); Herpesviridae as the Cytomegalovirus (CMV) and Hepadnaviridae such as the Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) are liable to be co-transmitted with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Since prisoners are exposed to several...