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Distribution of Human T-Lymphotropic Virus (HTLV) and Hepatitis C Co-infection in Bahia, Brazil.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2020
Pereira Felicidade Mota, Almeida Maria da Conceição Chagas de, Santos Fred Luciano Neves, Carreiro Roberto Perez, Galvão-Castro Bernardo, Grassi Maria Fernanda Rios
Abstract excerpt
Both Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are endemic in Brazil. In Salvador, the capital of the state of Bahia, 2% and 1.5% of the general population is infected with HTLV-1 or HCV. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence and the distribution of HTLV/HCV coinfection in Bahia. This cross-sectional study was conducted at the Central Laboratory of Public Health for the state of...
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