Abstract
Leishmania infantum Infection in Blood Donors, Northeastern Brazil.
Highlights
To the Editor: Leishmania infantum is endemic to northeastern Brazil
visceral leishmaniasis (VL) caused by L. infantum is endemic to 20 of Brazil’s 27 states; an annual average of 3,553 cases occur nationwide, with 54% of all cases reported from Brazil’s northeastern region
Compulsory serologic testing was done for Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas disease), hepatitis B and C, Treponema pallidum, human T-cell lymphotropic virus types 1 and 2, and HIV-1 and -2
Summary
To the Editor: Leishmania infantum is endemic to northeastern Brazil. It is responsible for visceral leishmaniasis (VL), a major emerging health problem in urban areas. Sixty-nine percent of blood donors for Ceará reside in Fortaleza. To determine the prevalence of Leishmania infection among healthy blood donors, we tested blood donated to the State of Ceará Public Blood Bank. During May–November 2011, we randomly selected 431 buffy coats and tested them for Leishmania spp. by ELISA and PCR.
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