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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 55(1), 1996, pp. 22-23
Copyright © 1996 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Short Report: Association between Leprosy and Hepatitis C Infection: A Survey in a Region of Central Brazil

Heitor Rosa, Regina Martins AND Bart Vanderborght
Servico de Gastroenterologia e Hepatologia, Faculdade de Medicina, e Laboratorio de Virologia, Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saude Publica, Universidade Federal de Goias, Goiania, Goias, Brazil; Innogenetics, Ghent, Belgium

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.






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