Adding a piece to the puzzle of Latin American blood donors and the potential risk of Trypanosoma cruzi transmission in Germany

Adding a piece to the puzzle of Latin American blood donors and the potential risk of Trypanosoma cruzi transmission in Germany

IntroductionChagas disease (CD) is caused by the Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi) infection and has become a global health concern due to population mobility, as well as non-vectorial transmission routes. Several countries outside Latin America (LA) have reported transfusion-associated transmission, but...

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Main Authors: Julian Ullrich, Lutz Guertler, Ernst Quenzel, Franz Weinauer, Dieter Rößler, Ulrich Kalus, Axel Pruß, Pedro Albajar-Viñas, Michael Pritsch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Subjects:
blood banks
blood donor screening
Trypanosoma cruzi
Chagas disease
transfusion
transmission
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2022.1014134/full

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