HIV prevalence in dental outpatients in Brazil.
A series of dental outpatients in Brazil was anonymously screened for HIV antibodies in whole unstimulated saliva with an immunoglobulin G antibody-capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Salivary HIV antibodies were detected in 40 patients in the control group who were known to be HIV-seropositive but were not detected in any of a series of 40 known HIV-seronegative patients in the control group, confirming the very high sensitivity and specificity of the immunoglobulin G antibody-capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Only one patient from 84 consecutive dental outpatients of unknown HIV serostatus who were examined anonymously for HIV by immunoglobulin G antibody-capture enzyme linked immunosorbent assay showed HIV positivity (1.2% of the population).
de Almeida
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Department of Oral Pathology, Dental School of Piracicaba, University of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
de Souza Filho
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Scully
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Porter
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D015153:Blotting, Western; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D003729:Dental Care; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D015483:HIV Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D018023:HIV Seronegativity; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012463:Saliva / Q000276:immunology; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
D015483:HIV Antibodies; D007074:Immunoglobulin G