1951
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02761951000100009
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Inquérito sôbre a Doença de Chagas em candidatos a doadores de sangue

Abstract: Em 576 indivíduos que se apresentaram ao Banco de Sangue do Hospital do Pronto Socorro de Belo Horizonte, para a prova de seleção de doadores de sangue, foi feita a reação de fixação do complemento (antígeno de cultura do S. cruzi) para o diagnóstico da doença de CHAGAS. Em 14 casos a reação foi positiva. Sete candidatos a doador, com reação positiva, foram estudados clìnicamente, e nêles foi praticado xenodiagnóstico, eletrocardiograma e tele-radiografia do coração e vasos da base. Em todos os 7 casos estudad… Show more

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“…Transmission of Chagas disease by blood transfusion was initially suggested by Dias (1945) . The first infected donors in Brazil were reported by Pellegrino (1949) and Pellegrino et al (1951) and the first cases of people who acquired the infection were described by Freitas et al (1952) . Nussenzweig et al (1953) experimented with chemoprophylaxis by means of gentian violet in blood from donors.…”
Section: Transmission By Blood Transfusionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Transmission of Chagas disease by blood transfusion was initially suggested by Dias (1945) . The first infected donors in Brazil were reported by Pellegrino (1949) and Pellegrino et al (1951) and the first cases of people who acquired the infection were described by Freitas et al (1952) . Nussenzweig et al (1953) experimented with chemoprophylaxis by means of gentian violet in blood from donors.…”
Section: Transmission By Blood Transfusionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Several serological surveys were carried out in Brazil and in the Americas from 1970 onwards ( Wendel & Dias 1992 , Dias & Schofield 1999) . Before this, however, local surveys were carried out ( Pellegrino 1949 , Pellegrino et al 1951 , Freitas et al 1952) . Coura (1966) conducted serological surveys in two blood banks in RJ, involving 4,595 donors, among whom 58 donors were positive (1.26%).…”
Section: Transmission By Blood Transfusionmentioning
confidence: 99%