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Control de la infección por Trypanosoma cruzi en donantes de sangre de Colombia, 2003
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Beltrân, Mauricio Bermúdez, María Isabel Forero, María Cristina Ayala, Maribel Cabrera Rodríguez, Magda Juliana |
| Copyright Year | 2005 |
| Abstract | Results. In 2003, 482,371 units of blood were collected in all of Colombia Of these, 99.9% were analyzed for anti-T.cruzi reactivity, with a positives of 0.42% detected. The Casanare Province presented the biggest number of reactive donors 107/1,487 (7.2%), with 75 confirmed positive. In the Program of External Evaluation in the Performance of Serology, 45.5% of all banks participated-all used ELISA for screening of anti-T.cruzi. 1.1% false positives and nofalse negatives were indicated in 12 provinces, where 338,563 units were analyzed for anti- T.cruzi, 1,298 units were reactive and 1,108 (85.4%) were confirmed by the IFI test. This indicated a rate of Chagas positives of 0.33%. Conclusions. Although the analysis covered arrived at 99.9% of the blood units, a small degree of infection risk for T.cruzi still remains. The cases of T.cruzi in donors oscillate between 0 and |
| Starting Page | 527 |
| Ending Page | 532 |
| Page Count | 6 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.7705/biomedica.v25i4.1379 |
| Volume Number | 25 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.scielo.org.co/pdf/bio/v25n4/v25n4a12.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.v25i4.1379 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
