Chronic hepatitis C virus infections in Brazilian patients: association with genotypes, clinical parameters and response to long term alpha interferon therapy

Autor: Leda BASSIT, Luiz C. DA SILVA, Gabriela RIBEIRO-DOS-SANTOS, Geert MAERTENS, Flair J. CARRILHO, Luis E. P. FONSECA, Venâncio A. F. ALVES, Luis C.C. GAYOTTO, Analice N. PEREIRA, Kioko TAKEI, Dalton CHAMONE, Amadeo SÁEZ-ALQUÉZAR

Publikováno v: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Vol 41, Iss 3, Pp 183-189 (1999)

The present study assessed the clinical significance of hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes and their influence on response to long term recombinant-interferon-alpha (r-IFN-a) therapy in Brazilian patients. One hundred and thirty samples from patients

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Geographical origin of chronic Chagas disease patients in Brazil impacts the performance of commercial tests for anti-T. cruzi IgG

Autor: David William Provance, Angela Cristina Verissimo Junqueira, Amadeo Sáez-Alquézar, Andressa da Matta Durans, Pedro Albajar-Viñas, Pedro Hernan Cabello, José Abol Corrêa, José Rodrigues Coura, André Valpassos Guimarães, Patrícia Lago Zauza, José Borges-Pereira

Publikováno v: Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Volume: 116, Article number: e210032, Published: 26 MAY 2021
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz., Vol 116 (2021)
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

BACKGROUND Chagas disease, caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, affects nearly six million people worldwide. Various serological tests have been developed for its diagnosis. OBJECTIVE Examine the performance of a set of commercial immunological assays in rel

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https://doi.org/10.1590/0074-02760210032

Programas de control externo de la calidad en serología desarrollados en América Latina con el apoyo de la OPS entre 1997 y 2000

Autor: Ester Cerdeira Sabino, Amadeo Sáez-Alquézar, Nanci A. Salles, Dalton de Alencar Fischer Chamone, Marcia M. Otani

Publikováno v: Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, Vol 13, Iss 2-3, Pp 91-102 (2003)

OBJETIVOS: Con el apoyo de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS), desarrollamos entre 1997 y 2000 cinco programas de control externo de la calidad en serología (PCECS) en los que participaron entre 13 y 21 bancos de sangre de 11 a 16 país

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https://doi.org/10.1590/s1020-49892003000200009

Anti-HBc testing for blood donations in areas with intermediate hepatitis B endemicity Detección de anticuerpos anti-HBc en sangre donada en lugares donde la hepatitis B tiene endemicidad intermedia

Autor: Celina Maria Turchi Martelli, Marilia Dalva Turchi, Francisco José Dutra Souto, Amadeo Sáez-Alquézar, Ana Lucia S.S. Andrade, Fábio Zicker

Publikováno v: Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 69-73 (1999)

En otros estudios se ha evaluado el menor riesgo de infecciones transmitidas por transfusión sanguínea que acarrea el tamizaje de anticuerpos contra los antígenos nucleares de la hepatitis B (anti-HBc), sumado a la prueba detectora de antígenos d

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http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49891999000600018

Hepatitis G Virus: Prevalence and Sequence Analysis in Blood Donors of São Paulo, Brazil

Autor: Bernhard Kleter, Wim Quint, Leda Bassit, Gabriela Ribeiro-dos-Santos, Dalton de Alencar Fischer Chamone, Amadeo Sáez-Alquézar, Geert Maertens, Ester Cerdeira Sabino

Publikováno v: Vox Sanguinis. 74:83-87

Hepatitis G virus (HGV) is a recently discovered viral agent transmitted by blood, which was firstly identified in patients with acute or chronic liver disease. HGV prevalence in US blood donors was recently found to average 1-2%. We report a much hi

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https://doi.org/10.1159/000030910