INVESTIGADORES
EIRIN Maria Emilia
artículos
Título:
HTLV-1/2 among high-risk groups in Argentina: Molecular diagnosis and prevalence of different sexual transmitted infections
Autor/es:
CAROLINA BERINI; MARIA A PANDO; CHRISTIAN T. BAUTISTA; MARIA EMILIA EIRIN; LILIANA MARTINEZ PERALTA; MERCEDES WEISSENBACHER; MARIA AVILA; MIRNA BIGLIONE
Revista:
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY
Editorial:
WILEY-LISS, DIV JOHN WILEY & SONS INC
Referencias:
Lugar: Hoboken; Año: 2007 vol. 79 p. 1914 - 1920
ISSN:
0146-6615
Resumen:
The objectives of this study were to estimate the
prevalence and characterize the epidemiologic
patterns of HTLV-1/2 infections and co-infections
with HIV, HBV (hepatitis B), HCV (hepatitis C), and
Treponema Pallidum in five different high-risk
groups, including injecting drug users (IDUs),
female sex workers (FSWs), men who have sex
with men (MSM), patients with tuberculosis (TB),
and patients attending clinics for sexually transmitted
infections (STIs) in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The HTLV-1/2 prevalence was 19.1% (33/173)
for IDUs, 2.0% (10/613) for FSWs, 2.1% (4/187) for
TB, 1.0% (4/400) for STIs and 0.4% (3/282) for
MSM, respectively. Among all groups, the higher
percentages of co-infection were HTLV-1/HBV
(63%, 17/27) and HTLV-1/HCV (52%, 14/27).
Among IDUs, there was a high percentage of coinfection
of HTLV-2 with HCV (96.3%, 26/27), HIV
(92.6%, 25/27), and HBV (77.8%, 21/27), respectively.
In summary, HTLV-1/2 infections appear to
be widely distributedamonghigh-risk groups in a
nonendemic area of Argentina being the coinfection
with HBV and HCV more frequent
among IDUs.