NO RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HTLV-1 INFECTION AND FILARIASIS - SEROLOGICALSTUDY ON PATIENTS WITH FILARIASIS IN RECIFE, BRAZIL

Authors
LINHARES MIS MALAGUENO E CARVALHO LB DEOLIVEIRA VF MINAMISHIMA Y
Citation
Mis. Linhares et al., NO RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HTLV-1 INFECTION AND FILARIASIS - SEROLOGICALSTUDY ON PATIENTS WITH FILARIASIS IN RECIFE, BRAZIL, Microbiology and immunology, 39(11), 1995, pp. 917-919
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,Immunology
Journal title
Microbiology and immunology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03855600
Volume
39
Issue
11
Year of publication
1995
Pages
917 - 919
Database
ISI
SICI code
0385-5600(1995)39:11<917:NRBHIA>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
The seroprevalence of antibodies against human T-cell leukemia virus w as determined by ELISA in 68 patients with filarial infestation living in an endemic area. The total seropositivity was 2.9% and the HTLV-l- positive cases were detected in 2 microfilaremic patients 12 and 40 ye ars old. This value is very close to that obtained for healthy individ uals in the same region and age groups. This result suggests that ther e is no relationship between filariasis and HTLV-1 infection as previo usly proposed.