Assessing the safety and efficacy of a test-based, targeted donor screening strategy to minimize transfusion transmitted malaria

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 98, Issue 3 A, 2010, Pages

  Seed, C R ^a,b   Kee, G ^a   Wong, T ^a   Law, M ^c   Ismay, S ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood donor; Malaria; Screening; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CELL COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOASSAY; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOCYTE; TRANSFUSION TRANSMITTED MALARIA;

ALGORITHMS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DONOR SELECTION; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; MASS SCREENING; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 77449118381     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2009.01251.x     Document Type: Article

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