Syphilis reactivity among blood donors in Brazil: associated factors and implications for public health monitoring

Syphilis reactivity among blood donors in Brazil: associated factors and implications for public health monitoring

Abstract Background Increasing syphilis infection rates are a concerning issue worldwide. Blood donation screening is an opportunity to monitor the burden of asymptomatic infections, providing information on contemporary factors associated with infection and public health insights into transmission....

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Main Authors: Natalia A. Braga, Sheila de Oliveira Garcia Mateos, Renata Buccheri, Vivian I. Avelino-Silva, Donald E. Warden, Cesar de Almeida-Neto, Maisa Ribeiro, Luiz Amorim, Paula Loureiro, Nelson Fraiji, Marcio K. Oikawa, Eduard Grebe, Mars Stone, Ester C. Sabino, Brian Custer, for the NHLBI Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study-IV-Pediatric (REDS-IV-P)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-01-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Syphilis
Screening tests
Blood donation
Risk factors
Public health surveillance
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-21114-3
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