Prevalence of HIV infection, Syphilis, and Syphilis/HIV coinfection in blood donors from a blood bank of Porto Alegre, southern Brazil

Prevalence of HIV infection, Syphilis, and Syphilis/HIV coinfection in blood donors from a blood bank of Porto Alegre, southern Brazil

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Introduction: Hemotherapy consists of therapeutic treatments performed through blood transfusion. Clinical and serological screening of donors is an essential strategy to avoid transmission of infectious agents in blood transfusion. Objectives: Toassess the seroprevalence of HIV infection, syphilis...

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Main Authors: Leonardo Santos da Silva, Deborah Veiga Santos, Cristine Blume Brietzke, Laura Vicedo Jacociunas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre ; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) 2017-12-01
Series:Clinical and Biomedical Research
Subjects:
Coinfection
transfusion safety
hemocenter
infectious disease
syphilis
HIV
Online Access:http://seer.ufrgs.br/hcpa/article/view/74414

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