Seroprevalence of Chagas infection in the donor population.
We retrospectively calculated the prevalence and epidemiologic characteristics of Chagas infection in the New York blood donor population over three years utilizing the New York Blood Center's database of the New York metropolitan area donor population. Seventy Trypanosoma cruzi positive donors...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:ea3b89372bfd45509796699ac3b69ee4 2023-05-15T15:03:24+02:00 Seroprevalence of Chagas infection in the donor population. Ben A Zaniello Deborah A Kessler Katherine M Vine Kathleen M Grima Scott A Weisenberg 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001771 https://doaj.org/article/ea3b89372bfd45509796699ac3b69ee4 EN eng Public Library of Science (PLoS) http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3409134?pdf=render https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735 1935-2735 doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001771 https://doaj.org/article/ea3b89372bfd45509796699ac3b69ee4 PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 6, Iss 7, p e1771 (2012) Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2012 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001771 2022-12-31T12:55:39Z We retrospectively calculated the prevalence and epidemiologic characteristics of Chagas infection in the New York blood donor population over three years utilizing the New York Blood Center's database of the New York metropolitan area donor population. Seventy Trypanosoma cruzi positive donors were identified from among 876,614 donors over a 3-year period, giving an adjusted prevalence of 0.0083%, with 0.0080% in 2007, 0.0073% in 2008, and 0.0097% in 2009. When filtered only for self-described "Hispanic/Latino" donors, there were 52 Chagas positive donors in that 3-year period (among 105,122 self-described Hispanic donors) with an adjusted prevalence of 0.052%, with 0.055% in 2007, 0.047% in 2008, and 0.053% in 2009. In conclusion, we found a persistent population of patients with Chagas infection in the New York metropolitan area donor population. There was geographic localization of cases which aligned with Latin American immigration clusters. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 6 7 e1771 |
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We retrospectively calculated the prevalence and epidemiologic characteristics of Chagas infection in the New York blood donor population over three years utilizing the New York Blood Center's database of the New York metropolitan area donor population. Seventy Trypanosoma cruzi positive donors were identified from among 876,614 donors over a 3-year period, giving an adjusted prevalence of 0.0083%, with 0.0080% in 2007, 0.0073% in 2008, and 0.0097% in 2009. When filtered only for self-described "Hispanic/Latino" donors, there were 52 Chagas positive donors in that 3-year period (among 105,122 self-described Hispanic donors) with an adjusted prevalence of 0.052%, with 0.055% in 2007, 0.047% in 2008, and 0.053% in 2009. In conclusion, we found a persistent population of patients with Chagas infection in the New York metropolitan area donor population. There was geographic localization of cases which aligned with Latin American immigration clusters. |
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Seroprevalence of Chagas infection in the donor population. |
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Seroprevalence of Chagas infection in the donor population. |
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Seroprevalence of Chagas infection in the donor population. |
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Seroprevalence of Chagas infection in the donor population. |
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Seroprevalence of Chagas infection in the donor population. |
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