TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Aged
KW - Brazil
KW - Child
KW - Female
KW - Hepatitis C
KW - Hepatitis C Antibodies
KW - Humans
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Prevalence
AU - Rosa H
AU - Martins R
AU - Vanderborght B
AB - <p>Prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis C virus (HCV) was determined in 216 Brazilian lepromatous patients (83 outpatients and 133 institutionalized). The overall prevalence was 1.8% after confirmatory tests. No difference in the HCV infection was found between outpatients and institutionalized ones. Our results from this region of Central Brazil are lower than those found in leprosy patients in Africa and in Japan.</p>
BT - The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8702017?dopt=Abstract
DA - 1996 Jul
DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.55.22
IS - 1
J2 - Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg.
LA - eng
N2 - <p>Prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis C virus (HCV) was determined in 216 Brazilian lepromatous patients (83 outpatients and 133 institutionalized). The overall prevalence was 1.8% after confirmatory tests. No difference in the HCV infection was found between outpatients and institutionalized ones. Our results from this region of Central Brazil are lower than those found in leprosy patients in Africa and in Japan.</p>
PY - 1996
SP - 22
EP - 3
T2 - The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
TI - Short report: association between leprosy and hepatitis C infection: a survey in a region of central Brazil.
VL - 55
SN - 0002-9637
ER -