Syphilis‐positive and false‐positive trends among <scp>US</scp> blood donors, 2013–2023
Syphilis infections in blood donors are trending upward, paralleling US population trends. Syphilis FP donors had high rates of subsequent FP and unexplained syphilis-positive donations. Seasonal syphilis FP spikes occurred for most years but are trending downwards.
Authors
- Roger Y. Dodd (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9208-347X)
- Paula Saá (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6077-4532)
- Rahima Fayed
- Susan L. Stramer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5865-6366)
- Galen Conti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2507-9141)
Institutions
- American Red Cross (US)
- University of the Potomac (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Transfusion
- Published
- 2025-01-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/trf.18145
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.33