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Spatial distribution of the Human T-Lymphotropic Virus types I and II (HTLV-I/II) infection among blood donors of Hemominas Foundation, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, 1994-1996

Authors :
Mônica Silva Monteiro-de-Castro
Renato Martins Assunção
Fernando Augusto Proietti
Source :
Cadernos de Saúde Pública, Vol 17, Iss 5, Pp 1219-1230
Publisher :
Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz.

Abstract

We conducted a cross-sectional study of the spatial distribution of HTLV-I/II infection among blood donors of Hemominas Foundation, living in Belo Horizonte, from 1994 to 1996. Study population (1,022) was composed by 533 cases (positive Western Blot (WB), indeterminate WB and ELISA positive without WB result) and a random sample of 489 non-cases (HTLV-I/II serum negative). Cases and non-cases were georeferenced using the exact or an approximation of the household address reported at the blood donation interview. Using multivariate analysis, cases with WB result are less likely to be reposition blood donors compared to voluntary ones (OR = 0.70; CI 95%: 0.50-0.99). Using the difference between univariate K functions, we found no evidence that cases and non-cases differ in their spatial distribution. We found no evidence that cases with and without WB result differ in the distance between their residence and Hemominas Foundation. No donors without WB result were georeferenced by the exact address. These donors could not have received the Hemominas letter inviting them to return to collect the second blood sample.

Details

Language :
English, Spanish; Castilian, Portuguese
ISSN :
0102311X and 16784464
Volume :
17
Issue :
5
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.3a6c082421664d0cb173ecdfb33d0d3b
Document Type :
article