2013
DOI: 10.1590/0037-8682-981-2013
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Occurrence of strongyloidiasis among patients with HTLV-1/2 seen at the outpatient clinic of the Núcleo de Medicina Tropical, Belém, State of Pará, Brazil

Abstract: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 46(2):241-243, Mar-Apr, 2013 http://dx.doi. org/10.1590/0037-8682-981-2013 Occurrence of strongyloidiasis among patients with HTLV-1/2 seen at the outpatient clinic of the ABSTRACT Introduction:This study investigated the occurrence of Strongyloides stercoralis infestation and coinfection with HTLV-1/2 in Belém, Brazil. Methods: S. stercoralis was investigated in stool samples obtained from individuals infected with HTLV-1/2 and their uninfected relative… Show more

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“…This association has been reported in Brazil by Furtado et al (17) . The synergistic effects of co-infection with HTLV and S. stercoralis, which have been demonstrated, suggest that co-infected patients exhibit elevated parasite burdens and HTLV-1 proviral loads (18) (19) (20) .…”
Section: S Stercoralis-s Stercoralispositive (N=167) Negative (N=133)supporting
confidence: 78%
“…This association has been reported in Brazil by Furtado et al (17) . The synergistic effects of co-infection with HTLV and S. stercoralis, which have been demonstrated, suggest that co-infected patients exhibit elevated parasite burdens and HTLV-1 proviral loads (18) (19) (20) .…”
Section: S Stercoralis-s Stercoralispositive (N=167) Negative (N=133)supporting
confidence: 78%
“…Specifically in Brazil, in the State of Pará, infection by both HTLV-1/2 and by S. stercoralis is considered endemic. Due to this, the Center for Tropical Medicine (Núcleo de Medicina Tropical -NMT), of the Federal University of Pará (UFPA) undertook research in order to identify these two infections, and observed that in the 91 patients infected by HTLV, the frequency of S. stercoralis was 14.3% (n = 6) in patients infected with HTLV-1 and 11.1% (n = 2) among patients infected by HTLV-2 [13]. The same question was studied by Satoh, et al [14], in Japan, in which 31 patients were diagnosed as carrying HTLV-1.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These results reveal that infection by HTLV-1 reduced sensitivity for detection of IgE-specific S. stercoralis, the immediate hypersensitivity reaction and the sensitivity of these tests in the diagnosis of strongyloidiasis, leading to delay in diagnosis and increasing the possibility of more severe cases of coinfection. As a result of this, immunological tests were developed with the aim of increasing the specificity of S. stercoralis antibodies, both in blood tests and immediate hypersensitivity tests, so as to allow better diagnosis, bearing in mind the severity and incidence of the disease [13].…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As limitações nas realizações dos exames de pesquisa de S. stercoralis e flower cell ocorreram pela ausência dos materiais (fezes e sangue, respectivamente) dos portadores que, mesmo com a devida orientação, não tiveram interesse em retornar e prosseguir com os exames, revelando assim uma baixa frequência nesta pesquisa. A associação da coinfecção do S. stercoralis com o HTLV-1 foi demonstrada nos portadores da infecção atendidos no NMT 28 , os quais podem desenvolver estrongiloidíase crônica e promover maior perfil clínico de doenças relacionadas à proliferação dos linfócitos T.…”
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