Detection of HIV-1 infections in blood donors during the pre-seroconversion window period in São Paulo, Brazil

Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2019 May 16:52:e20180432. doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0432-2018.

Abstract

By decreasing the pre-seroconversion window period, nucleic acid testing (NAT) has improved the safety of blood products and reduced the risk of transfusion-transmitted infections. Between 2011 and 2017, NAT determinations for approximately 898,202 donations were performed at Fundação Pró-Sangue/Hemocentro de São Paulo (FPS-HSP). Three seronegative HIV-viremic donations were detected. The NAT yield rate per million donations was 3.34 for HIV, and the acute HIV-1 infections detected are described, followed by a brief review of the situation in Brazil.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Blood Donors*
  • DNA, Viral / blood*
  • HIV Infections / diagnosis*
  • HIV-1 / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques*
  • RNA, Viral / blood*

Substances

  • DNA, Viral
  • RNA, Viral