Neglected tropical diseases transmitted by blood transfusion: current overview in brazil

This article aims to demonstrate the current hemotherapy situation of the main neglected diseases with potential for transmission by blood transfusion. The focus of this review is to show the possible difficulties faced by blood banks in the screening process for each disease cited. Throughout the article, the authors report that the main problems faced by blood banks correspond to the poor performance of serological tests, absence of gold standard techniques, lack of effective regulatory policies in the area of hemotherapy and ineffective hemovigilance actions. Given the above, it is concluded that pathogen inactivation techniques can alleviate such problems and thus increase the transfusional safety in Brazil and worldwide.