Asymptomatic Leishmania infection in blood donors from a major blood bank in Northeastern Brazil: a cross-sectional study

This study has estimated the risk of Leishmania transmission via blood transfusion in one of the largest blood banks in Northeastern Brazil, where visceral leishmaniasis is endemic. Five hundred blood samples from donors were tested for circulating Leishmania spp. DNA by real-time PCR. Positive samp...

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Autores principales: Silva, Lucas Portela, Montenegro, Silvia, Werkauser, Roberto, Sales, Kamila Gaudêncio da Silva, Soares, Fábia Carla Silva, Costa, Vlaudia Maria Assis, Bezerra, Ana Cristina, Pinto, Maria Betania do Amaral, Ferreira, Suzany Maria, Neitzke-Abreu, Herintha Coeto, Dantas-Torres, Filipe, Lima, Manoel Sebastião da Costa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto de Medicina Tropical 2020
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7694538/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33263698
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946202062092

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7694538/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33263698
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946202062092

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