Risk of malaria transmission through blood transfusion and its detection by serological method

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 106-110

  Ur Rahman, Mahfooz ^a,b   Akhtar, Gul Naz ^a   Rashid, Sohail ^a   Lodhi, Yasmin ^a  

^a Inst Haematol/Blood Transfus S   (Pakistan)

^b PCSIR Housing Society Phase 1   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Blood safety; Efficacy of serological testing; Risk of malaria transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SMEAR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SCREENING; SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0037785214     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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