Tattoos and transfusion-transmitted disease risk: implications for the screening of blood donors in Brazil
Having a tattoo has been associated with serological evidence of hepatitis B and C viruses, as well as human immunodeficiency virus infections and syphilis; all of these are known to be transmissible by blood transfusion. These associations are of higher magnitude for individuals with nonprofessiona...
Main Authors: | Sérgio de A. Nishioka, Theresa W. Gyorkos, J. D. MacLean |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702002000400004&lng=en&tlng=en |
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