FDA Approves Chagas Disease Screening Test for Blood, Tissue

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FDA Approves Chagas Disease Screening Test for Blood, Tissue and Organ Donors
Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:42:00 -0500
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a second test to screen blood, tissue and organ donors for a blood-borne parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi) that causes Chagas disease, a serious and potentially fatal parasitic infection.

http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/ ... 210429.htm