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Hepatitis C among blood donors: cascade of care and predictors of loss to follo...
Machado,Soraia Mafra; Almeida Neto,Cesar de; Pinho,João Renato Rebello; Malta,Fernanda de Mello; Capuani,Ligia; Campos,Aléia FaustinaABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To investigate the HCV cascade of care and to identify the factors associated with loss or absence to follow-up of patients identified as infected with hepatitis C through blood donation. METHODS Blood donors from 1994 to 2012, identified with positive anti- HCV by enzyme immunoassay and immunoblot tests were invited to participate in the study, through letters or phone calls. Patients who ag...
Accuracy of a probabilistic record-linkage methodology used to track blood dono...
Capuani,Ligia; Bierrenbach,Ana Luiza; Abreu,Fatima; Takecian,Pedro Losco; Ferreira,João Eduardo; Sabino,Ester CerdeiraThe probabilistic record linkage (PRL) is based on a likelihood score that measures the degree of similarity of several matching variables. Screening test results for different diseases are available for the blood donor population. In this paper, we describe the accuracy of a PRL process used to track blood donors from the Fundação Pró-Sangue (FPS) in the Mortality Information System (SIM), in order that future...
Contribution of the Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study (REDS) to research on b...
Loureiro,Paula; Almeida-Neto,Cesar de; Proietti,Anna Bárbara Carneiro; Capuani,Ligia; Gonçalez,Thelma Terezinha; Oliveira,Claudia Di Lorenzo deThe Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study (REDS) program was established in the United States in 1989 with the purpose of increasing blood transfusion safety in the context of the HIV/AIDS and human T-lymphotropic virus epidemics. REDS and its successor, REDS-II were at first conducted in the US, then expanded in 2006 to include international partnerships with Brazil and China. In 2011, a third wave of REDS renam...
Temporal distribution of blood donations in three Brazilian blood centers and i...
Oliveira,Claudia Di Lorenzo; Almeida-Neto,Cesar de; Liu,Emily Jing; Sabino,Ester Cerdeira; Leao,Silvana Carneiro; Loureiro,Paula; Wright,DavidBACKGROUND: Seasonal distribution of blood donation hinders efforts to provide a safe and adequate blood supply leading to chronic and persistent shortages. This study examined whether holidays, geographical area and donation type (community versus replacement) has any impact on the fluctuation of donations. METHODS: The numbers of blood donations from 2007 through 2010 in three Brazilian Retrovirus Epidemiolog...