HIV Prevalence Among Blood Donors in a Blood Bank in Curitiba (Brazil)

As data concerning GBV-C/HGV infection in other Brazilian regions are still rare, we sought to assess the prevalence of GBV-C/HGV RNA in blood donors in Central Brazil and also

Thus the objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of HBV infection, and to analyze the factors associated with HBV infection, in a population of first-time blood donors

The recent Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study- II (REDSII) study aimed to assess current risk factors for HIV infection among HIV positive and HIV negative blood donors in

Background : the Blood Donation Reactions Inventory (BDRI) scale was proposed as part of a study about the predictors of psychological reactions in volunteer blood donors, as

Given the importance of identifying infected blood donors in areas of high prevalence of HTLV-1/2, such as São Luís, Maranhão, the present study aimed to estimate the

In the absence of reliable prevalence estimates for HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C among blood donor candidates in the area [3,4], better selection of blood donors and reduction

In our study, the residual risk for HIV markers in blood donors in the Regional Blood Bank in the Mountain Region was estimated to be 1:50,000 in the period between 2000 and 2003,

Therefore the present study was undertaken to estimate the age, sex and blood group specific prevalence of HBsAg in blood donors, representing general population in