Follow-up Evaluation of Air Force Blood Donors Screening Positive for Chagas Disease
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Diagnostic evaluation of military blood donors screening positive for Trypanosoma cruzi infection.
Routine blood donor screening for Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative parasitic agent of Chagas disease, began in the U.S. in 2007. Results of follow-up testing and evaluation after a positive screen have not been studied in the armed forces. Among first-time donors at the Joint Base San Antonio- Lackland Blood Donor Center between January 2014 and December 2016 (N=43,402), a total of 23 (0.05%) s...
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دوره 4 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2017