Transfusion-transmitted parasitic infections

The transmission of parasitic organisms through transfusion is relatively rare. Of the major transfusion-transmitted diseases, malaria is a major cause of TTIP in tropical countries whereas babesiosis and Chagas′ disease pose the greatest threat to donors in the USA In both cases, this is...

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Main Authors: Singh Gagandeep, Sehgal Rakesh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2010-01-01
Series:Asian Journal of Transfusion Science
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Online Access:http://www.ajts.org/article.asp?issn=0973-6247;year=2010;volume=4;issue=2;spage=73;epage=77;aulast=Singh