Malaria and blood transfusion: major issues of blood safety in malaria-endemic countries and strategies for mitigating the risk of Plasmodium parasites

Parasitology Research

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 35-47

  Abdullah, Saleh ^a   Karunamoorthi, Kaliyaperumal ^a  

^a JAZAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion and safety; Blood borne pathogens; Malaria; Malaria endemic countries

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAFETY; BLOOD SMEAR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMBASE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INFECTION RISK; MALARIA; MANAGED CARE; MEDLINE; MICROSCOPY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SYPHILIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSFUSION TRANSMITTED MALARIA; TRANSFUSIONTRANSMISSIBLE INFECTION; TUBERCULOSIS; VASCULARIZATION; WEB OF SCIENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ANIMAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD SAFETY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84952976375     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-015-4808-1     Document Type: Review

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