Instituto Adolfo Lutz, Centro de Imunologia, Laboratório de Pesquisa em HTLV, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Virologia Básica e Aplicada, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2021 Jun 2;54:e01752021. doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0175-2021. eCollection 2021.
We present a data analysis and review of recent studies regarding the laboratory diagnosis of human T-lymphotropic virus 1 and 2 (HTLV-1/2) infections in Brazil.
Target populations, available diagnostic serological assays (screening and complementary tests), molecular assays (in-house), causes of false-positive and false-negative results, and flowcharts were analyzed.
A table presents the target populations, two diagnostic flowcharts (depending on laboratory infrastructure and study population), and recent research that may improve how HTLV-1/2 is diagnosed in Brazil.
Our results support the implementation of public policies to reduce HTLV-1/2 transmission and its associated diseases.
我们对巴西近期有关人类 T 淋巴细胞病毒 1 和 2(HTLV-1/2)感染的实验室诊断的研究进行了数据分析和综述。
分析了目标人群、现有的诊断血清学检测方法(筛查和补充检测)、分子检测方法(内部)、假阳性和假阴性结果的原因以及流程图。
呈现了目标人群、两个诊断流程图(根据实验室基础设施和研究人群而定)以及最近可能改进巴西 HTLV-1/2 诊断方法的研究。
我们的结果支持实施公共政策以减少 HTLV-1/2 的传播及其相关疾病。