Transfusion transmitted malaria in three major blood banks of Peshawar, Pakistan

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 33, 2010, Pages 5445-5449

  Ali, Naheed ^a   Ahmed, Jawad ^b   Ali, Nazish ^a   Jehan, Fatima ^a   Saleem, Saira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

^b KHYBER MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Blood banks; Blood borne infections; Malaria; Microscopy; Screening; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALARIA; MALE; PAKISTAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 79953013662     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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