PREVALENCE OF ANTIBODIES AGAINST Trypanosoma cruzi IN POTENTIAL BLOOD DONORS FROM HEMOTHERAPY NUCLEUS OF APUCARANA, STATE OF PARANÃ

Authors

  • Giselle Amado NÚCLEO DE HEMOTERAPIA DE APUCARANA
  • Maria da Luz Ribeiro Moitinho UEM

Keywords:

banco de sangue, doença de Chagas, prevalência de infecção Chagásica, transfusão de sangue, Trypanosoma cruzi

Abstract

Records of potential blood donors assisted in the Hemotherapy Nucleus of Apucarana (HNA) were analyzed in the 1990-1994 period. For the research of anti- Trypanosoma cruzi antibodies, the HNA used the techniques of immunofluorescence, hemaglutination, and ELISA, either in isolate or associate mode. From 7,868 potential donors, except the return donors, 150 (1.91%) showed positive result for at least one of the serological tests performed. Among potential donors with positive serology for Chagas disease, it was observed that at least 57.0% of them were born in the State of Paraná; 91.0% were males; 31.0% were workmen and 85% were 19-to-50-year-old individuals. From 12,195 potential donors submitted to serological screening, 4,327 (35.0%) were return donors. The clinical and serological screening excluded 47.0% of the potential donors from July to December 1994.

Author Biography

  • Maria da Luz Ribeiro Moitinho, UEM
    Possui graduação em Farmácia Bioquímica pela Universidade Estadual de Maringá (1977) , mestrado em Farmácia (Análises Clínicas) pela Universidade de São Paulo (1980) e doutorado em Ciências pela Universidade de São Paulo (1988) . Tem experiência na área de Parasitologia , com ênfase em Protozoologia de Parasitos. Atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: TÉCNICAS DE SEDIMENTAÇÃO, EXAME PARASITOLÓGICO DE FEZES, Coproscopia Parasitológica Currículo Lattes

Published

2008-07-23

Issue

Section

Health Sciences