Difficulties in the diagnosis of HTLV-2 infection in HIV/AIDS patients from Brazil: comparative performances of serologic and molecular assays, and detection of HTLV-2b subtype Dificuldades no diagnóstico de infecção por HTLV-2 em pacientes com HIV/Aids do Brasil: análise comparativa de ensaios sorológicos e moleculares e detecção de subtipo HTLV-2b

The current diagnosis of human T-lymphotropic virus type-2 (HTLV-2) infection is based on the search of specific antibodies; nevertheless, several studies conducted in Brazil pointed deficiencies of the commercially available kits in detecting HTLV-2, mostly in HIV/AIDS patients. This study searched...

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Autors principals:	Helena Kaminami Morimoto, Arilson Akira Morimoto, Edna Maria Vissoci Reiche, Luiz Toshio Ueda, Tiemi Matsuo, Fernando Vissoci Reiche, Adele Caterino-de-Araujo
Format:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicat:	Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2007-08-01
Col·lecció:	Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Matèries:	Human T-lymphotropic virus type 2 (HTLV-2) HIV/HTLV-2 coinfection Diagnosis Serology PCR HTLV-2 subtype
Accés en línia:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652007000400006
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