There are about 120 types of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). The major importance about it is the oncogenic potential of some types. They are referred as a high and low risk for oncogenic potential. Given the importance of the disease it causes, and the use of different laboratorial techniques, mainly techniques of molecular biology, it is mandatory to have an External Quality Assurance (EQA) program base on harmo...
The National External Quality Assessment Program (PNAEQ) ) and the National Program of Quality Control (PNCQ), , organizes and coordinates programs for the External Quality Assessment Laboratory. A comparative study was performed between Portugal and Brazil in order to detect similarities, and/or differences, of the results provided by the laboratories that participate in the “External Quality Control” HbA1c pr...
Objetivo: Conhecer a prevalência de infecção ocular em amostras de raspado conjuntival causada por C. trachomatis, no período de janeiro de 2004 a junho de 2007 em laboratório de Genética e Biologia Molecular da região metropolitana de Florianópolis, SC. Métodos: Realizou-se um estudo transversal e descritivo, envolvendo todos os casos de conjuntivite registrados no banco de dados do Laboratório de Genética e B...
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) isolates have been divided into six genotypes (1 to 6). The duration of hepatitis C standard treatment is 48 weeks for patients infected with HCV genotype 1 vs 24 weeks for those infected with genotypes 2 and 3. A total of 1544 HCV isolates from chronic patients living in the southern Brazilian states of Rio Grande do Sul (RS, n = 627) and Santa Catarina (SC, n = 917) were genotyped by r...
OBJECTIVE: The intracellular Gram-negative bacterium Chlamydia pneumoniae has been associated with atherosclerosis. The presence of Chlamydia pneumoniae has been investigated in fragments of the arterial wall with a technique for DNA identification. METHODS: Arterial fragments obtained from vascular surgical procedures in 58 patients were analyzed. From these patients, 39 were males and the mean age was 65±6 ye...
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