Positive serology for viral hepatitis and donor self-exclusion in Southern Brazil

Introduction Despite the great advances in serological testing for transfusion-transmitted infections, the selection of blood donors by blood bank operators remains the only way to avoid transmission within the testing window period. Part of this selection is the self-exclusion form, on which the do...

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Main Authors: Julia De Luca Maccarini, Carlos Alberto Kuntz Nazario, Jovino dos Santos Ferreira, William Queiroz Guimaraes Wiegandt Ceglio, Romulo Cavalcante Serpa, Vera Lucia Paes Cavalcanti Ferreira, Leonardo de Lucca Schiavon, Janaina Luz Narciso-Schiavon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2013-07-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822013000400403&lng=en&tlng=en