%0 Journal Article
%T Soropositividade para doen£¿a de Chagas entre doadores de sangue em Araraquara, Estado de S£¿o Paulo, no per¨ªodo de 2004 a 2008
%A Ferreira Filho
%A Julio C¨¦sar Rente
%A Costa
%A Paulo In¨¢cio da
%A Buainain
%A Arnaldo
%A Rosa
%A Jo£¿o Aristeu da
%J Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
%D 2011
%I Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT
%R 10.1590/S0037-86822011000100025
%X introduction: blood transfusion is an important potential source of chagas disease transmission. methods: files from the araraquara regional blood center were checked regarding the tests results for chagas' disease between january 2004 and december 2008. results: positive serology was diagnosed in 0.04% of 49,541 blood donations that were performed. seropositive individuals were aged between 51 and 60 years-old. conclusions: the low rate of seropositive donors may reduce the risk of transfusion transmission of chagas disease. the high occurrence of inconclusive results indicates that the diagnostic methods must be improved.
%K chagas disease
%K epidemiology
%K blood transfusion.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0037-86822011000100025&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en