Prevention of transfusion‐associated Chagas' disease by sterilization of Trypanosoma cruzi‐infected blood with gentian violet, ascorbic acid, and light

Abstract

The proposed alternative prophylactic method is reproducible, easy to perform, and inexpensive, and it may have practical importance in endemic areas where serologic screening of donor blood is not always available. In addition, the reduction of the GV trypanomicidal concentration might further minimize the potential for GV-related side effects.