2007
1/18/07
AABB develops interim language on newly licensed test for Chagas' disease for Circulars of Information.
2006
12/13/06
FDA announces that it has granted a license for a new test to screen blood donors for the parasite that causes Chagas’ disease. The screening test, Ortho T. cruzi ELISA Test System, detects the T. cruzi antibody in a sample of the donor’s serum or plasma and is the first such test approved by FDA. In addition to screening people who donate blood, this test is intended for use in screening plasma and serum samples from organ, cell and tissue donors.