Adding a piece to the puzzle of Latin American blood donors and the potential risk of Trypanosoma cruzi transmission in Germany

IntroductionChagas disease (CD) is caused by the Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi) infection and has become a global health concern due to population mobility, as well as non-vectorial transmission routes. Several countries outside Latin America (LA) have reported transfusion-associated transmission, but...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Main Authors:	Julian Ullrich, Lutz Guertler, Ernst Quenzel, Franz Weinauer, Dieter Rößler, Ulrich Kalus, Axel Pruß, Pedro Albajar-Viñas, Michael Pritsch
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-10-01
Subjects:	blood banks blood donor screening Trypanosoma cruzi Chagas disease transfusion transmission
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2022.1014134/full