Detecção de sífilis por ensaios de ELISA e VDRL em doadores de sangue do Hemonúcleo de Guarapuava, Estado do Paraná / Syphilis detection using ELISA and VDRL tests on blood donors at the blood center of Guarapuava, State of Paraná
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop
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41(4): 428-430, jul.-ago. 2008. tab
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RESUMO
O objetivo desse estudo foi avaliar a soroprevalência de sífilis em 5.752 doadores de sangue atendidos no Hemonúcleo de Guarapuava-PR, em 2006. As taxas de positividade foram de 2,1 por cento pelo teste de ensaio imunoenzimático e 0,2 por cento pelo Veneral Disease Research Laboratory, mostrando baixa prevalência de sífilis nos indivíduos que procuraram este banco de sangue.
ABSTRACT
The aim of this study was to evaluate the syphilis seroprevalence among 5,752 blood donors who were attended at the blood center of Guarapuava, State of Paraná, in 2006. The seropositivity rates were 2.1 percent for enzyme Linked Immuno Sorbent Assay and 0.2 percent for Veneral Disease Research Laboratory, thus showing low prevalence of syphilis among the individuals who came to this blood bank.
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Main subject:
Phosphatidylcholines
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Blood Donors
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Cardiolipins
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Syphilis
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Cholesterol
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Prevalence study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
Portuguese
Journal:
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop
Journal subject:
Tropical Medicine
Year:
2008
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste/BR
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