Surveillance of human retroviruses in blood samples from patients with hepatitis B and C in São Paulo, Brazil.

Adele Caterino-de-AraujoKaroline Rodrigues CamposTamirez Villas Boas PetrucciRafael Xavier da SilvaMarcílio Figueiredo LemosRegina Célia Moreira

Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (2020)

HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 were confirmed to be prevalent in individuals with HBV and HCV in São Paulo; coinfected individuals deserve further clinical and laboratory investigation.

Keyphrases

endothelial cells
hepatitis b virus
hepatitis c virus
public health
induced pluripotent stem cells
human immunodeficiency virus