Seroprevalence of Chagas infection in the donor population.

• Main Authors: Ben A Zaniello (Author), Deborah A Kessler (Author), Katherine M Vine (Author), Kathleen M Grima (Author), Scott A Weisenberg (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...