What is it about?
We evaluate the associations between number of sexual partners, donor and donation characteristics, and the prevalence of positive serologic tests in accepted donors at three regionally distinct blood centers in Brazil.
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Why is it important?
There is no standardized national policy stipulating eligibility of candidates according to the number of sexual partners, except for men who have had sex with another man.
Perspectives
We found an association between higher number of heterosexual partners in the past year and higher rates of infectious disease markers, and in particular HIV infection, among eligible blood donors in Brazil. This suggests that screening for number of recent partners, as performed routinely with different cutoff criteria in the different blood centers in Brazil, potentially contributes to enhancing blood safety.
Dr Cesar de Almeida-Neto
Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo
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This page is a summary of: Number of recent sexual partners among blood donors in Brazil: associations with donor demographics, donation characteristics, and infectious disease markers, Transfusion, July 2011, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03248.x.
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