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Volume 22, Number 4—April 2016

Letter

Leishmania infantum Infection in Blood Donors, Northeastern Brazil

Daniela C.S. MonteiroComments to Author , Anastácio Q. SousaComments to Author , Danielle M. Lima, Raissa M. Fontes, Claudênia C. Praciano, Mércia S. Frutuoso, Loraine C. Matos, Maria J. Teixeira, Richard D. Pearson, and Margarida M.L. Pompeu
Author affiliations: School of Medicine of the Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil (D.C.S. Monteiro, A.Q. Sousa, R.M. Fontes, C.C. Praciano, M.S. Frutuoso, L.C. Matos, M.J. Teixeira, M.M.L. Pompeu); School of Medicine of the University of Fortaleza, Fortaleza (D.M. Lima); Unichristus School of Medicine, Fortaleza (M.S. Frutuoso); University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA (R.D. Pearson)

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Comparison of the prevalence of Leishmania infantum as tested by PCR and ELISA and of other infections compulsorily tested in 431 blood donors in Fortaleza, state of Ceará, northeastern Brazil. HBV, hepatitis B virus; HCV, hepatitis C virus; HTLV, human T-cell lymphotropic virus; Tc, Trypanosoma cruzi; Tp, Treponema pallidum.

Figure. Comparison of the prevalence of Leishmania infantum as tested by PCR and ELISA and of other infections compulsorily tested in 431 blood donors in Fortaleza, state of Ceará, northeastern Brazil. HBV, hepatitis B virus; HCV, hepatitis C virus; HTLV, human T-cell lymphotropic virus; Tc, Trypanosoma cruzi; Tp, Treponema pallidum.

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