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Tattoos and transfusion-transmitted disease risk: implications for the screening of blood donors in Brazil
Provedor de dados: 55
Autores: Nishioka,Sérgio de A.; Gyorkos,Theresa W.; MacLean,J. D.
Having a tattoo has been associated with serological evidence of hepatitis B and C viruses, as well as human immunodeficiency virus infections and syphilis; all of these are known to be transmissible by blood transfusion. These associations are of higher magnitude for individuals with nonprofessionally-applied tattoos and with two or more tattoos. Tattoos are common among drug addicts and prisoners, conditions that are also associated with transfusion-transmitted diseases. We examined the implications of these associations for the screening of blood donors in Brazil. Numbers of individuals who would be correctly or unnecessarily deferred from blood donation on the basis of the presence of tattoos, and on their number and type, were calculated for different...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Brazil; Blood donors; Screening; Tattoos; Transfusion-transmitted diseases.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702002000400004