O objetivo desse estudo foi avaliar a soroprevalência de sífilis em 5.752 doadores de sangue atendidos no Hemonúcleo de Guarapuava-PR, em 2006. As taxas de positividade foram de 2,1% pelo teste de ensaio imunoenzimático e 0,2% pelo Veneral Disease Research Laboratory, mostrando baixa prevalência de sífilis nos indivíduos que procuraram este banco de sangue.
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