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

Heitor RosaServico de Gastroenterologia e Hepatologia, Faculdade de Medicina, e Laboratorio de Virologia, Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saude Publica, Universidade Federal de Goias, Innogenetics, Goiania, Goias, Brazil

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Regina MartinsServico de Gastroenterologia e Hepatologia, Faculdade de Medicina, e Laboratorio de Virologia, Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saude Publica, Universidade Federal de Goias, Innogenetics, Goiania, Goias, Brazil

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Bart VanderborghtServico de Gastroenterologia e Hepatologia, Faculdade de Medicina, e Laboratorio de Virologia, Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saude Publica, Universidade Federal de Goias, Innogenetics, Goiania, Goias, Brazil

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https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1996.55.22
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Volume 55: Issue 1
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22–23
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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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Copyright © 1996 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1996
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Jul 1996
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