Seropositivity for Chagas disease in blood donors from the state of Alagoas, Northeastern Brazil: an 11-year time series study

INTRODUCTION: Chagas disease can be transmitted by blood transfusion. Herein, we assessed the seropositivity for Chagas disease in blood donors from Alagoas, during 2010-2020. METHODS: Data were requested from the Alagoas blood center. Time trend analysis was performed using a joinpoint regression m...

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Autores principales: Abreu, Sílvia Letícia da Conceição, Bezerra-Santos, Márcio, Damasceno, Flávia Silva
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT 2021
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8687493/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34932762
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0339-2021
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author Abreu, Sílvia Letícia da Conceição
Bezerra-Santos, Márcio
Damasceno, Flávia Silva
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description INTRODUCTION: Chagas disease can be transmitted by blood transfusion. Herein, we assessed the seropositivity for Chagas disease in blood donors from Alagoas, during 2010-2020. METHODS: Data were requested from the Alagoas blood center. Time trend analysis was performed using a joinpoint regression model. RESULTS: Seropositivity rate during the study period was 0.35%, which decreased from 2014 to 2020, (annual percentage change, APC = -29.38; p-value <0.05), while the total number of tests performed remained stable (APC = 6.5). CONCLUSIONS: Despite the drop in the seropositivity for Chagas infection in donors, it is imperative to maintain the screening of donors for the epidemiological control.
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spelling pubmed-86874932021-12-29 Seropositivity for Chagas disease in blood donors from the state of Alagoas, Northeastern Brazil: an 11-year time series study Abreu, Sílvia Letícia da Conceição Bezerra-Santos, Márcio Damasceno, Flávia Silva Rev Soc Bras Med Trop Short Communication INTRODUCTION: Chagas disease can be transmitted by blood transfusion. Herein, we assessed the seropositivity for Chagas disease in blood donors from Alagoas, during 2010-2020. METHODS: Data were requested from the Alagoas blood center. Time trend analysis was performed using a joinpoint regression model. RESULTS: Seropositivity rate during the study period was 0.35%, which decreased from 2014 to 2020, (annual percentage change, APC = -29.38; p-value <0.05), while the total number of tests performed remained stable (APC = 6.5). CONCLUSIONS: Despite the drop in the seropositivity for Chagas infection in donors, it is imperative to maintain the screening of donors for the epidemiological control. Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT 2021-12-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8687493/ /pubmed/34932762 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0339-2021 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License
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Abreu, Sílvia Letícia da Conceição
Bezerra-Santos, Márcio
Damasceno, Flávia Silva
Seropositivity for Chagas disease in blood donors from the state of Alagoas, Northeastern Brazil: an 11-year time series study
title Seropositivity for Chagas disease in blood donors from the state of Alagoas, Northeastern Brazil: an 11-year time series study
title_full Seropositivity for Chagas disease in blood donors from the state of Alagoas, Northeastern Brazil: an 11-year time series study
title_fullStr Seropositivity for Chagas disease in blood donors from the state of Alagoas, Northeastern Brazil: an 11-year time series study
title_full_unstemmed Seropositivity for Chagas disease in blood donors from the state of Alagoas, Northeastern Brazil: an 11-year time series study
title_short Seropositivity for Chagas disease in blood donors from the state of Alagoas, Northeastern Brazil: an 11-year time series study
title_sort seropositivity for chagas disease in blood donors from the state of alagoas, northeastern brazil: an 11-year time series study
topic Short Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8687493/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34932762
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0339-2021
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