Screening of diseases transmissible by blood in recipients prior to transfusion at a university hospital in the northeast of Brazil Triagem de doenças transmissíveis por sangue em receptores de um hospital universitário no nordeste do Brasil, antes da transfusão
The Brazilian Ministry of Health has made tests for HIV1 and HIV2, HTLV I and HTLV II, HCV, HBV, T. cruzi, T. pallidum and Plasmodium in endemic areas, mandatory for all blood collection bags used in the country. However, blood-borne infectious diseases are not investigated in blood recipients befor...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2006-03-01
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| Series: | Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-84842006000100007 |