Clinical and epidemiological profile of blood donors with positive serology for viral hepatitis in southern Brazil Perfil clínico e epidemiológico de doadores de sangue com sorologias positivas para hepatites virais no sul do Brasil

Clinical and epidemiological profile of blood donors with positive serology for viral hepatitis in southern Brazil Perfil clínico e epidemiológico de doadores de sangue com sorologias positivas para hepatites virais no sul do Brasil

INTRODUCTION: Positive serological tests for hepatitis viruses B and C at blood banks are an important reason for blood deferral. Additionally, high residual risk for transfusing hepatitis-contaminated blood has been estimated in southern Brazil. This study aimed to identify risk factors for positiv...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Luciana da Silveira, Leonardo de Lucca Schiavon, Kerley Pereira da Silva, Thiago Barbieri Lopes, Marcos da Rocha Zaccaron, Janaína Luz Narciso-Schiavon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2011-06-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
Doadores de sangue
HBsAg
Anti-HBc
Anti HCV
Blood donors
Anti-HCV
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822011000300001

Internet

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822011000300001

Similar Items