Detection of acute and chronic toxoplasmosis amongst multi-transfused thalassemia patients in southwest of Iran

Objective: Since pre-transfusion screening for Toxoplasma gondii is not performed on blood packs, thalassemia patients are susceptible to acquiring toxoplasmosis; thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate the seroprevalence status of T. gondii in individuals who suffer from thalassemia in comparis...

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Main Authors: Elham Yousefi, Masoud Foroutan, Roya Salehi, Shahram Khademvatan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Journal of Acute Disease
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Online Access:http://www.jadweb.org/article.asp?issn=2221-6189;year=2017;volume=6;issue=3;spage=120;epage=125;aulast=Yousefi