Human Immunodeficiency Virus Seroprevalence among Inmates of the Penitentiary Complex of the Region of Campinas, State of São Paulo, Brazil
| Autor: | Neusa Maria Osti, Antonio Fernando Pestana de Castro, Lucila Costallat Ricci |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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| Zdroj: | Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol 94, Iss 4, Pp 479-483 (1999) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1678-8060 0074-0276 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/S0074-02761999000400009 |
| Popis: | Six hundred and ninety three male inmates from three penitentiaries, two (A and B) maximum-security systems and one (C) minimum-security facility, located in Campinas, State of São Paulo, Brazil were studied for the presence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibodies, using a cross-sectional design. The search for anti-HIV antibodies in 693 samples of sera collected was carried out by two serological tests: (a) the Microparticle enzyme immunoassay-HIV-1 and HIV-2 (MEIA) (Abbott Laboratories) and (b) the Western Blot-HIV-1 (WB) (Cambridge Biotech Corporation) to confirm positive results with MEIA. Sera reactivity for HIV antibodies was 14.4%. The highest frequency of anti-HIV antibodies was found in the A and B maximum-security prisons: 17% and 21.5%, respectively. In prison C, the frequency of reagents was 10.9%. Seventy three inmates, initially negative in the MEIA test, were checked again five and seven months later. Three of them, all from the maximum-security facilities, became reactive in the MEIA test, with confirmation in the WB, suggesting that serological conversion had occurred after imprisonment. |
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