Hepatitis E virus immunoglobulin G antibodies in different populations in Campinas, Brazil
| Autor: | Angela Maria Miranda Spina, A. D. R. Filho, Cláudia Patara Saraceni, João Renato Rebello Pinho, Luis Alberto Magna, Regina Célia Moreira, F.L. Gonçales Júnior, Neiva Sellan Lopes Gonçales, Raquel Silveira Bello Stucchi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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Microbiology (medical)
Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent viruses Health Personnel Clinical Biochemistry Immunology Prevalence Blood Donors medicine.disease_cause Virus Hepatitis E virus Seroepidemiologic Studies Internal medicine Epidemiology medicine Immunology and Allergy Seroprevalence Humans Hepatitis Antibodies Risk factor Aged biology business.industry virus diseases Middle Aged Hepatitis E medicine.disease Virology Sex Work Immunoglobulin G Population Surveillance biology.protein Female Microbial Immunology Antibody business Brazil |
| Zdroj: | Clinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology. 7(5) |
| ISSN: | 1071-412X |
| Popis: | The seroprevalence of anti-hepatitis E virus (HEV) antibodies was investigated by enzyme immunoassay in 205 volunteer blood donors, 214 women who attended a center for anonymous testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, and 170 hospital employees in Campinas, a city in southeastern Brazil. The prevalence of anti-HEV antibodies ranged from 2.6% (3 of 117) in health care professionals to 17.7% (38 of 214) in women who considered themselves at risk for HIV. The prevalence of anti-HEV antibodies in health care professionals was not significantly different from that in healthy blood donors (3.0%, 5 of 165) and blood donors with raised alanine aminotransferase levels (7.5%, 3 of 40). The prevalence of anti-HEV antibodies (13.2%, 7 of 53) in cleaning service workers at a University hospital was similar to that among women at risk for HIV infection. These results suggest that HEV is circulating in southeastern Brazil and that low socioeconomic status is an important risk factor for HEV infection in this region. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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