title: [Not Available].
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade de Pernambuco (UPE), Recife, PE, Brazil; Fundação Hemope, Recife, PE, Brazil.
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Loureiro
authors.affiliation: Fundação Pró-Sangue - Hemocentro de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: cesarnt@uol.com.br.
authors.forename: Cesar
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: de Almeida-Neto
authors.affiliation: Fundação Hemominas, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Anna Bárbara Carneiro
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Proietti
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ligia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Capuani
authors.affiliation: Blood System Research Institute, San Francisco, California, USA.
authors.forename: Thelma Terezinha
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Gonçalez
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Claudia Di Lorenzo
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Fundação Hemope, Recife, PE, Brazil.
authors.forename: Silvana Carneiro
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Leão
authors.affiliation: Fundação Hemope, Recife, PE, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Inês
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade de Pernambuco (UPE), Recife, PE, Brazil; Fundação Hemope, Recife, PE, Brazil.
authors.forename: Divaldo
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sampaio
authors.affiliation: Fundação Pró-Sangue - Hemocentro de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Giuseppina Maria
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Patavino
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Matemática e Estatística, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: João Eduardo
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.affiliation: Fundação Pró-Sangue - Hemocentro de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Paula Fraiman
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Blatyta
authors.affiliation: Fundação Hemorio, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Esther
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Duarte Lopes
authors.affiliation: Fundação Pró-Sangue - Hemocentro de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mendrone-Junior
authors.affiliation: Fundação Pró-Sangue - Hemocentro de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Nanci Alves
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Salles
authors.affiliation: Westat, Rockville, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: King
authors.affiliation: University of California San Francisco, California, USA.
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.affiliation: Blood System Research Institute, San Francisco, California, USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Busch
authors.affiliation: Blood System Research Institute, San Francisco, California, USA.
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Custer
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ester Cerdeira
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Sabino
keywords: Blood donation; Blood-borne infectious diseases; Transfusion safety