Strategy to improve malaria surveillance system preventing transfusion-transmitted malaria in blood banks using molecular diagnostic

Strategy to improve malaria surveillance system preventing transfusion-transmitted malaria in blood banks using molecular diagnostic

Abstract Background Malaria can be transmitted by blood transfusion through donations collected from asymptomatic or parasitic donors. The parasites are released into the bloodstream during its life cycle and will therefore be present in donated blood by infected individuals. All cases of transfusio...

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Main Authors: Sérgio Antônio Batista-dos-Santos, Daniel Roberto C. Freitas, Milene Raiol, Gleyce F. Cabral, Ana Cecília Feio, Marinete M. Póvoa, Maristela G. Cunha, Ândrea Ribeiro-dos-Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Malaria
Molecular diagnostic
Blood donors
Transfusion-transmitted malaria
Hemovigilance
mt-qPCR
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-018-2486-z

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