کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
3369042 1219001 2011 5 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
High prevalence of HTLV-I infection in Mashhad, Northeast Iran: A population-based seroepidemiology survey
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علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری ایمنی شناسی و میکروب شناسی میکروبیولوژی و بیوتکنولوژی کاربردی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
High prevalence of HTLV-I infection in Mashhad, Northeast Iran: A population-based seroepidemiology survey
چکیده انگلیسی

BackgroundMashhad, in the northeast of Iran has been suggested as an endemic area for human T cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) infection since 1996.ObjectivesWe performed a community-based seroepidemiology study to examine the prevalence and risk factors for HTLV-I infection in the city of Mashhad.Study designBetween May and September 2009, overall 1678 subjects from all the 12 geographical area of Mashhad were selected randomly by multistage cluster sampling for HTLV antibody. The study population included 763 males and 915 females, with the mean age of 29.1 ± 18.5 years. 1654 serum samples were assessed for HTLV antibody using ELISA and reactive samples were confirmed by Western blot and PCR.ResultsThe overall prevalence of HTLV-I infection in whole population was 2.12% (95% CI, 1.48–2.93) with no significant difference between males and females (p = 0.093) and the prevalence of HTLV-II seropositivity was 0.12% (95% CI, 0.02–0.44).The HTLV-I Infection was associated with age (p < 0.001), marital status (p < 0.001), education (p = 0.047), and history of blood transfusion (p = 0.009), surgery (p < 0.001), traditional cupping (p = 0.002), and hospitalization (p = 0.004). In logistic regression analysis, age was the only variable that had a significant relation with the infection (p = 0.006, OR = 4.33).ConclusionsOur results demonstrated that Mashhad still remains an endemic area for HTLV-I infection despite routine blood screening. Thus, further strategies are needed for prevention of the virus transmission in whole population.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Clinical Virology - Volume 52, Issue 3, November 2011, Pages 172–176
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