Publications by authors named "Lia Lobato Batista Souza"
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- This study explores the occurrence of Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) among four tribes in the Amazon and HIV-1-infected individuals in Belem, Brazil.
- HHV-8 antibodies were found in 66 out of 221 indigenous people, with varying prevalence across tribes, and in 15.5% of the HIV-1 population.
- Molecular analysis revealed multiple subtypes of HHV-8, suggesting its long-standing presence and diversity in the Amazon region.
Mannose-binding lectin (MBL) is a serum protein whose low concentration is associated with the occurrence of allele variants named MBL*B, MBL*C and MBL*D. The present study investigated the association between MBL gene polymorphism and the susceptibility to HIV-1 infection. The study of 145 HIV-1-infected subjects and 99 healthy controls showed the presence of alleles MBL*A, MBL*B and MBL*D, whose frequencies were 69%, 22% and 09% among patients and 71%, 13% and 16% among healthy controls, respectively.
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