Outcomes in Military Blood Donors at Joint Base San Antonio With Reactive <i>Trypanosoma cruzi</i> Antibody Screening Results
While reactive <i>T cruzi</i> screening results occurred in this cohort, there were no cases of Chagas disease. This study demonstrates that some military blood donors have transient reactivity with screening assays, and future work should determine ways to safely bring these donors without Chagas disease back into the donor pool.
Authors
- M A Wells
- Angela Osuna
- Mitch A. Phelps (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1615-5280)
- Joseph E Marcus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1789-603X)
- Brian Casleton
- Guhung Jung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6672-8473)
- Theresa Casey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8835-3550)
- Heather C. Yun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6173-3169)
- Melita Gella
- Glorimar Z. Rivera
- Erin L Winkler
Institutions
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (US)
- South Texas Veterans Health Care System (US)
- Joint Base San Antonio (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-08-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaf522
- Primary Topic
- Trypanosoma species research and implications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00