The United States Trypanosoma cruzi Infection Study: evidence for vector-borne transmission of the parasite that causes Chagas disease among United States blood donors

  1. Paul T. Cantey*,
  2. Susan L. Stramer,
  3. Rebecca L. Townsend,
  4. Hany Kamel,
  5. Karen Ofafa,
  6. Charles W. Todd,
  7. Mary Currier,
  8. Sheryl Hand,
  9. Wendy Varnado,
  10. Ellen Dotson,
  11. Chris Hall,
  12. Pamela L. Jett,
  13. Susan P. Montgomery

Article first published online: 8 MAR 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03581.x

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Transfusion

Transfusion

Volume 52, Issue 9, pages 1922–1930, September 2012

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Cantey, P. T., Stramer, S. L., Townsend, R. L., Kamel, H., Ofafa, K., Todd, C. W., Currier, M., Hand, S., Varnado, W., Dotson, E., Hall, C., Jett, P. L. and Montgomery, S. P. (2012), The United States Trypanosoma cruzi Infection Study: evidence for vector-borne transmission of the parasite that causes Chagas disease among United States blood donors. Transfusion, 52: 1922–1930. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03581.x

Author Information

  1. From the Epidemic Intelligence Service, Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services, and the Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia; the Scientific Support Office, American Red Cross, Gaithersburg, Maryland; Blood Systems, Inc., Scottsdale, Arizona; the Mississippi State Department of Health, Jackson, Mississippi; the Biology Department, Berry College, Mount Berry, Georgia; and Mississippi Blood Services, Flowood, Mississippi.

*Paul T. Cantey, MD, MPH, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, MS A-06, Atlanta, GA 30333; e-mail pcantey@cdc.gov.

  1. The opinions expressed in this manuscript are those of the authors and do not represent the opinions of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Red Cross, or Blood Systems, Inc.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 4 SEP 2012
  2. Article first published online: 8 MAR 2012
  3. Received for publication October 10, 2011; revision received December 21, 2011, and accepted January 7, 2012.

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