Trypanosoma cruzi in Los Angeles and Miami blood donors: impact of evolving donor demographics on seroprevalence and implications for transfusion transmission

  1. David A. Leiby1,2,3,4,
  2. Ross M. Herron Jr.1,2,3,4,
  3. Elizabeth J. Read1,2,3,4,
  4. Bruce A. Lenes1,2,3,4,
  5. Robert J. Stumpf1,2,3,4

Article first published online: 19 JUN 2002

DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.2002.00077.x

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Transfusion

Transfusion

Volume 42, Issue 5, pages 549–555, May 2002

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Leiby, D. A., Herron, R. M., Read, E. J., Lenes, B. A. and Stumpf, R. J. (2002), Trypanosoma cruzi in Los Angeles and Miami blood donors: impact of evolving donor demographics on seroprevalence and implications for transfusion transmission. Transfusion, 42: 549–555. doi: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.2002.00077.x

Author Information

  1. 1

    From the Transmissible Diseases Department, American Red Cross, Jerome H. Holland Laboratory, Rockville, MD;

  2. 2

    Southern California Region, American Red Cross, Los Angeles, CA;

  3. 3

    South Florida Region, American Red Cross, Miami, FL;

  4. 4

    Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL.

*Address reprint requests to: David A. Leiby, PhD, Department of Transmissible Diseases, American Red Cross, 15601 Crabbs Branch Way, Rockville, MD 20855; e-mail: leibyd@usa.redcross.org.

  1. ABBREVIATIONS:ARC = American Red Cross; RIPA = radioimmunoprecipitation assay.

  2. Supported by the American Red Cross, Biomedical Services.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 19 JUN 2002
  2. Article first published online: 19 JUN 2002
  3. Received for publication August 24, 2001; revision received December 19, 2001, and accepted December 24, 2001.

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