Malaria seroprevalence in blood bank donors from endemic and non-endemic areas of Venezuela Carmen Elena Contreras; Marcos de Donato; María Ana Rivas; Hectorina Rodulfo; Robert Mora; María Eulalia Batista; Norka Marcano PAGE: 123-129 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000200002

Prevalence and genotyping of hepatitis C virus in blood donors in the state of Pará, Northern Brazil Aldemir B Oliveira-Filho; Adriana SC Pimenta; Márcia FM Rojas; Márcia CM Chagas; José Ângelo B Crescente; Deborah M Crespo; José Alexandre R Lemos PAGE: 103-106 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000100016

The high prevalence of Torque teno virus DNA in blood donors and haemodialysis patients in southern Brazil Aline Massaú; Cristiana Martins; Gilca Costa Nachtigal; Anelise Bergmann Araújo; Maria Lucia Rossetti; Christian Niel; Cláudia Maria Dornelles da Silva PAGE: 684-686 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000500017

Performance levels of four Latin American laboratories for the serodiagnosis of Chagas disease in Mexican sera samples Alejandro O Luquetti; Bertha Espinoza; Ignacio Martínez; Nidia Hernández-Becerril; Carlos Ponce; Elisa Ponce; Pedro A Reyes; Oscar Hernández; Ruth López; Victor Monteón PAGE: 797-800 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762009000500023

Seroprevalence of hepatitis B and C virus markers among blood donors in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1998-2005 Ana FB Andrade; Michelle Oliveira-Silva; Suely GC Silva; Iara JF Motta; Cibele R Bonvicino PAGE: 673-676 | DOI: S0074-02762006000600016

High Prevalence Anti-Trypanosoma cruzi Antibodies, among Blood Donors in the State of Puebla, a Non-endemic Area of Mexico MC Sánchez-Guillén, C Barnabé, JF Guégan, M Tibayrenc, M Velásquez-Rojas, J Martínez-Munguía, H Salgado-Rosas, E Torres-Rasgado, MI Rosas-Ramírez, R Pérez-Fuentes PAGE: 947-952

Prevalence and Genotypes of GB Virus C/Hepatitis G Virus among Blood Donors in Central Brazil Luciana A Oliveira, Regina MB Martins, Megmar AS Carneiro, Sheila A Teles, Simonne A Silva, Divina DP Cardoso, Elisabeth Lampe*, Clara FT Yoshida* PAGE: 953-957

Coinfection by Strongyloides stercoralis in Blood Donors Infected with Human T-Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma Virus Type 1 in São Paulo City, Brazil Pedro P Chieffi, Carlos S Chiattone, Elder N Feltrim, Rita CS Alves, Maria A Paschoalotti PAGE: 711-712

Socioepidemiological screening of serologically ineligible blood donors due to Chagas disease for the definition of inconclusive cases Márcia M Ferreira-Silva; Gilberto A Pereira; Eliane Lages-Silva; Helio Moraes-Souza PAGE: 800-805 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000600012

Molecular and serological characterization of occult hepatitis B among blood donors in Maputo, Mozambique  Nédio Mabunda, Ana Flora Zicai1, Nalia Ismael, Adolfo Vubil, Francisco Mello, Jason T Blackard, Barbara Lago, Vanessa Duarte, Milton Moraes, Lia Lewis, Ilesh Jani DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760200006

Molecular test for screening malaria-infected blood donors to maximise recipient safety in Acre State, a Brazilian endemic area Thereza Cristina Picado Pinheiro, Sabrina Silva Santos, Fernanda Moura El Bayet Simião, Aline Rosa de Lavigne Mello, Cinara de Barros Pimentel, Leonardo Assad Lomonaco, Patrícia Alvarez, Cláudio Tadeu Daniel-Ribeiro, Rosalina Jorge Koifman, Maria de Fátima Ferreira-da-Cruz DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760240109