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Test screens blood for parasitic infection.(Updates)(ORTHO T. cruzi ELISA Test System; Chagas' disease)(Brief article)
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March 1, 2007
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The FDA has approved a test to screen blood donors for a blood-borne parasite that causes Chagas' disease, a serious and potentially fatal infection. Approved in December 2006, the ORTHO T. cruzi ELISA Test System detects antibodies to the Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi) parasite and is the first such test approved by the FDA.
"Our blood supply is now extremely safe from diseases once frequently transmitted by blood, such as HIV," says Jesse L. Goodman, M.D., M.P.H., director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research. "However, we are constantly faced with new threats."
It is estimated that as many as 11 million people are currently infected by T. cruzi, ...
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December 14, 2006 ;
David Brown - Washington Post Staff Writer;
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M2 Presswire;
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512 words
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Inter Press Service English News Wire;
August 24, 1996 ;
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