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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Transfusion. 2012 Sep 25;53(6):1257–1265. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03902.x

Table 2.

ELISA S/CO change between the index donation and follow-up samples from Brazilian seropositive donors according to BSRI PCR results.

Level of Change in Antibody Reactivity
(Index donation S/CO – Follow-up S/CO)
PCR Positive
(N=81)
Number (%)
PCR Negative
(N=62)
Number (%)
Increase greater than 1 16 (20%) 4 (6%)
Increase less than 1, but greater than no change 46 (57%) 35 (56%)
No change or decrease less than 1 19 (24%) 17 (27%)
Decrease greater than or equal to 1 0 6 (10%)