Negligible prevalence of antibodies against Trypanosoma cruzi among blood donors in the southeastern United States

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 499-503

  Barrett, Vicki J ^a   Leiby, David A ^b   Odom, Joy L ^a   Otani, Marcia M ^c   Rowe, Jeremy D ^a   Roote, James T ^a   Cox, Karen F ^a   Brown, Kayla R ^a   Hoiles, Jonathan A ^a   Sáez Alquézar, Amadeo ^c   Turrens, Julio F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b HOLLAND LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood supply; Chagas' disease; Seroprevalence; Transfusion; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARASITE VECTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SEROPREVALENCE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030722755     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/108.5.499     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Schmuñis GA. Trypanosoma cruzi: the etiologic agent of Chagas' disease: status in the blood supply in endemic and nonendemic countries. Transfusion. 1991;31:547-557.
2. Moncayo A. Chagas disease: epidemiology and prospects for interruption of transmission in the Americas. World Health Stat Q. 1992;45:276-279.
3. Wendel S, Gonzaga AL. Chagas' disease and blood transfusion: a New World problem? Vox Sang. 1993;64:1-12.
4. Pung OJ, Banks CW, Jones DN, Krissinger MW. Trypanosoma cruzi in wild raccoons, opossums, and triatimine bugs in southeast Georgia, USA. J Parasitol. 1995;81:324-326.
5. Barr SC, Van Beek O, Carlisle-Nowak MS, et al. Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Walker hounds from Virginia. Am J Vet Res. 1995;56:1037-1044.
6. Farrar WE, Kagan IG, Everton FD, Sellers TF. Serologic evidence of human infection with Trypanosoma cruzi in Georgia. Am J Hyg. 1963;78:166-172.
7. Deneris J, Marshall NA. Biological characterization of a strain of Trypanosoma cruzi Chagas isolated from a human case of trypanosomiasis in California. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1989;41:442-448.
8. Ochs DE, Hnilica VS, Moser DR, Smith JH, Kirchhoff LV. Postmortem diagnosis of autochthonous acute chagasic myocarditis by polymerase chain reaction amplification of a species-specific DNA sequence of Trypanosoma cruzi. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1996;54:526-529.
9. Kerndt PR, Waskin HA, Kirchhoff LV, et al. Prevalence of antibody to Trypanosoma cruzi among blood donors in Los Angeles, California. Transfusion. 1991;31:814-818.
10. Kirchhoff LV, Gam AA, Gilliam FC. American trypanosomiasis (Chagas' disease) in Central American immigrants. Am J Med. 1987;82:915-920.
11. Anonymous. Chagas disease. In: Tropical Disease Research (TDR)/WHO Ninth Program Report. Geneva, Switzerland: WHO Office of Publications; 1989:79-84.
12. Nickerson P, Orr P, Schroeder M-L, Sekla L, Johnston JB. Transfusion-associated Trypanosoma cruzi infection in a non-endemic area. Ann Intern Med. 1989;111:851-853.
13. Lopes de Faria JB, Alves G. Transmission of Chagas' disease through cadaveric renal transplantation. Transplantation. 1993;56:746-747.
14. Vazquez MC, Riarte A, Pattin M, Lauricella M. Chagas' disease can be transmitted through kidney transplantation. Transplant Proc. 1993;25:3259-3260.
15. Del Castillo M, Mendoza G, Oviedo J, Perez-Bianco RP, Anselmo AE, Silva M. AIDS and Chagas' disease with central nervous system tumor-like lesion. Am J Med. 1990;88:693-694.
16. Metze K, Maciel JA. AIDS and Chagas' disease. Neurology. 1993;43:447-448.
17. Beard CB, Young DG, Butler JF, Evans DA. First isolation of Trypanosoma cruzi from a wild-caught Triatoma sanguisuga (Le Conte) (Hemiptera: Triatominae) in Florida, USA. J Parasitol. 1988;74:343-344.
18. MacKenzie WR, Davis JP, Peterson DE, Hibbard AJ, Becker G, Zarvan BS. Multiple false-positive serologic tests for HIV, HTLV-1, and hepatitis C following influenza vaccination, 1991. JAMA. 1992;268:1015-1017.