Sensitivity of nested-PCR for plasmodium detection in pooled whole blood samples and its usefulness to blood donor screening in endemic areas

Transfusion and Apheresis Science

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 242-246

  Freitas, Daniel Roberto Coradi de ^a,b   Gomes, Luciano Teixeira ^c   Fontes, Cor Jesus F ^c   Tauil, Pedro Luiz ^a   Pang, Lorrin W ^a   Duarte, Elisabeth Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b National Agency for Health Surveillance (Anvisa)   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood safety; Donor screening; Malaria; Nested PCR; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAFETY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR SELECTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALARIA; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NESTED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PROCEDURES;

BRAZIL; DONOR SELECTION; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84900397479     PISSN: 14730502     EISSN: 18781683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2014.01.016     Document Type: Article

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