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Copyright Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical Jan/Feb 2007

Abstract

This study evaluated the performance of single and combined laboratory parameters, B-lymphocyte percentages (%LB), T/B cell ratio and %CD8+HLA-DR+/CD8+, to differentiate asymptomatic cases (AS) from HAM/TSP patients (HT) within a population of HTLV-1 seropositive cases. Percentage indices demonstrated that each parameter alone presented moderate performance, with co-negativity of 83 and 91% for %LB and T/B cell ratio, respectively, and co-positivity of 78% for %CD8+HLA-DR+/CD8+. Combined analysis (%CD8+HLA-DR+/CD8+ and T/B cell ratio) did not show any substantial performance enhancement (co-positivity = 75% and co-negativity = 74%). Likelihood ratio analysis using different value ranges for the separate parameters revealed that HTLV-1 seropositive cases with %LB<7%, T/B cell ratio>11 and %CD8+HLA-DR+/CD8+>70% would have, respectively, 11, 19 and 10 times greater chance of belonging to the HT group. Therefore, use of these phenotypic indicators as complementary laboratory methods for monitoring the clinical progression of chronic HTLV-1 infection is recommended.

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Title
Evaluation of the performance of immunological parameters as indicators for clinical progression of chronic HTLV-1 infection
Author
Coelho-dos-Reis, Jordana Grazziela Alves; Rocha, Roberta Dias Rodrigues; Brito-Melo, Gustavo Eustáquio Alvim; Ribas, João Gabriel; Carneiro-Proietti, Anna Bárbara de Freitas; Catalan-Soares, Bernadete B.; Barbosa-Stancioli, Edel Figueiredo; Martins-Filho, Olindo Assis; Grupo, Interdisciplinar de Pesquisas em
Section
Articles
Publication year
2007
Publication date
Jan/Feb 2007
Publisher
Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
ISSN
00378682
e-ISSN
16789849
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
1449162323
Copyright
Copyright Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical Jan/Feb 2007