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Prevalência de VDRL reagente em doadores do Hemocentro Regional de Cruz Alta – RS, Brasil, no período de 2003 a 2009

2011; UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE GOIÁS; Volume: 40; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5216/rpt.v40i2.14943

1980-8178

Daiane Boff, Daniéle Sausen Lunkes, Alice Kunzler, Jarbas Ivan Rohr,

Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues

Syphilis is caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum and clinically dividedinto primary, secondary and tertiary. The main ways of transmission are by sexualand congenital route, and also through blood transfusions. Serology for syphilisin blood donors has been performed since 1938 and the aim of this study was tocheck the prevalence of positive VDRL (Veneral Disease Research Laboratory) indonors of the Regional Blood Center in Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil,from August 2003 to July 2009. We analyzed 20,780 donations and considered, forthis study, those which had either positive or inconclusive serology for the VDRLtest. The prevalence was 0.3% and 0.13%, for positive and inconclusive serology,respectively. In relation to the gender of the donors with a positive or inconclusiveVDRL, 58.3% were male. Considering the age, donors between 31 and 40 years-oldhad the highest proportion of positive cases. The VDRL reagent prevalence found inthis survey was considered low, and that it has been decreasing in the last few years.The results from this study may be used for the development of measures to preventand control the syphilis prevalence in this region.