Blood Donor Deferrals for Malaria in Iran: A Five-Year Retrospective Study

Background: Malaria is one of the most important transfusion-transmitted infections (TTIs) worldwide. To prevent the occurrence of transfusion-transmitted malaria (TTM), potential blood donors with a history of malaria or travel to, or residence in, malarious areas are permanently or temporarily de...

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Main Authors: Ahmad MARDANI, Hossein KESHAVARZ
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2019-06-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Parasitology
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Online Access:https://ijpa.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijpa/article/view/1919