| serological profile of potential solid organ donors in santa catarina, brazil. | serological tests are essential for the donation process. we performed a study to identify the seroprevalence of cytomegalovirus (cmv), toxoplasmosis, hiv, chagas disease, htlv, hepatitis b virus (hbv), hepatitis c virus (hcv) and lues among our potential donors. | 2008 | 18454982 |
| seroprevalence of cytomegalovirus antibodies in blood donors in southern, brazil. | cytomegalovirus (cmv) infection is a matter of concern for blood bank professionals and blood transfusion recipients, especially in cases of transfusions to neonates and immunocompromised patients. thus, the present study aimed to determine the seroprevalence of cmv igg and igm antibodies among blood donors in the city of lages, in the mountain region of santa catarina, southern brazil, and to investigate possible associations between the socioeconomic characteristics of donors and cmv serologic ... | 2010 | 20802930 |