Serological screening for Leishmania infantum in asymptomatic blood donors living in an endemic area (Sicily, Italy)

Laura Saporito; Lucina Titone Lanza Di Scalea; Claudia Colomba; Teresa Barone; Angelo Corrao

Serological screening for Leishmania infantum in asymptomatic blood donors living in an endemic area (Sicily, Italy)

Laura Saporito, Lucina Titone Lanza Di Scalea, Claudia Colomba, Teresa Barone, Angelo Corrao

Promozione della Salute, Materno-Infantile, di Medicina Interna e Specialistica di Eccellenza “G. D’Alessandro”

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Abstract

The purpose of our study was to assess whether Leishmania infantum parasitemia occurs in asymptomatic Leishmania-seropositive subjects. Samples from 500 blood donors were tested using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Anti-Leishmania antibodies were not found in any sample. Our findings suggest that the risk of L. infantum transmission by blood transfusion in Sicily is very low.

Lingua originale	English
pagine (da-a)	311-314
Numero di pagine	4
Rivista	Transfusion and Apheresis Science
Volume	33 n.3
Stato di pubblicazione	Published - 2005

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Hematology

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