TABLE 7.

Estimates of the potential number of transfusion-transmitted infections by country and year based on the lack of screening coverage in Latin America in 1993 to 2001/2002

Countrya	No. of transfusion-transmitted infections inb:
	1993-1995c				1997				1999				2001/2002e
	HIV	HBV	HCV	T. cruzi	HIV	HBV	HCV	T. cruzi	HIV	HBV	HCV	T. cruzi	HIV	HBV	HCV	T. cruzi
ARG	273a	1,166a	1,841a	0a	46	92	243	0	0	4	351	0	0	4	87	0
BOL	2	58	104	832	2	173	102	772	5	75	51	1,442	1	20	35	68
BRAd									0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CHI	0	5	899	11	0	0	0	9	1	19	3	6	0	0	0	11
COL	8	38	2,338	875	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	1	5	5	14	2
COR	0	0	149	85	0	0	0	28	0	0	0	244	0	0	0	29
ECU	9b	40b	90b	20b	0	0	21	8	2	4	3	3	0	0	0	0
ELS	0	14	81	85	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
GUT	0	58	223	33					0	0	11	0	21	49	40	11
HON	0	11	10	0	0	2	7	1	0	0	20	1	0	0	11	0
MEXd									0	0	0	722	0	0	0	360
NIC	0	78	93	10	0	0	66	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	62	2
PAN	0b	14b	81b	5b	0	0	12	143	0	0	1	102	0	0	0	52
PAR	0b	27b	97b	40b	0	0	117	0	1	2	74	1	0	1	12	1
PER					0	0	229	33	0	0	4	0	0	0	6	0
URU	0b	0b	0b	0b	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
VEN	0	0	1,298	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

^aAbbreviations of countries are given in Table 1, footnote a.

^bWhen transmission is zero, the possibility of residual transmission is not taken into account.

^cNumbers followed by “a” were obtained in 1995; those followed by “b” were obtained in 1994; all others were obtained in 1993.

^dBaseline data from Brazil and Mexico are from 1999.

^eData from Argentina, Bolivia, and Panama are from 2001; the rest are from 2002.