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| Boa-Sorte,Ney; Purificação,Antônio; Amorim,Tatiana; Assunção,Lorena; Reis,Alan; Galvão-Castro,Bernardo. |
| Introduction:Screening for vertically transmitted infection is mandatory and must be conducted at the first prenatal consultation. The most vulnerable women's groups are those at the lowest socio-economic level. Dried blood spot testing on filter paper could represent a secure way to screen pregnant women in the prenatal period.Methods:A cross-sectional study was conducted between November 2009 and March 2010, in the Metropolitan Region of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, to compare the accuracy of the dried blood spot in filter paper and venipuncture serological as screening methods for HIV, HTLV, VHB, VHC, Treponema pallidum, and Toxoplasma gondii during prenatal period. Results of the venous blood sample collected in tubes were considered the gold... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Prenatal care; Infectious diseases; Seroprevalence; Dried blood spot testinga. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702014000600618 |
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