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Infecção por Trypanosoma cruzi em candidatos a doador de sangue

1998; UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO; Volume: 32; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0034-89101998000600010

ISSN

1518-8787

Autores

Ana Maria Bonametti, Adauto Castelo Filho, Luiz Roberto Ramos, José Luís da Silveira Baldy, Tiemi Matsuo,

Tópico(s)

Science and Education Research

Resumo

Transmission of American trypanossomiasis by transfusion has been reduced by expansion of control measures of blood quality in Brazil. A research project was, therefore, undertaken to evaluate soropositivity for Trypanosoma cruzi infection on blood donors and to compare this rate with those found in 1958 and 1975 in blood banks.A transversal study was carried out on blood donors in Londrina, Paraná, Brazil. ELISA and Immunofluorescence were the serological test techniques used in the diagnosis of Trypanosoma cruzi infection.A serumprevalence rate of 1.3% was found with a tendency for positive serum findings for Trypanosoma cruzi infection on blood donors to decrease over Aime (1958, 1975, and 1995).

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