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- Title
Transfusion-associated Trypanosoma cruzi infection in a non-endemic area.
- Authors
Nickerson, Peter; Orr, Pamela; Schroeder, Maria-Louise; Sekla, Leila; Johnston, James B.; Nickerson, P; Orr, P; Schroeder, M L; Sekla, L; Johnston, J B
- Abstract
Presents a study that described the first case of transfusion-associated acute Chagas disease in a non-endemic area of North America. Cause of morbidity in the immunocompromised host; Patients that are prone to transfusion-associated infections; Speculation on how the infection was acquired; Process of transmitting the disease in South America; Step taken by blood banks in South America to prevent transfusion-related transmission of protozoa.
- Subjects
NORTH America; MANITOBA; PARAGUAY; CHAGAS' disease; BLOOD transfusion; PROTOZOA; LYMPHOBLASTIC leukemia treatment; IMMUNOGLOBULIN analysis; ANIMALS; BLOOD transfusion reaction; NATIVE Americans; NITROFURANS; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ACUTE diseases; INFECTIOUS disease transmission
- Publication
Annals of Internal Medicine, 1989, Vol 111, Issue 10, p851
- ISSN
0003-4819
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.7326/0003-4819-111-10-851