We need to talk more about transfusion-transmitted malaria in Plasmodium vivax endemic areas

Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 385-387

  Lacerda, Marcus Vinícius Guimarães ^a,b,c   Monteiro, Wuelton Marcelo ^a,b   Alexandre, Márcia Almeida Araújo ^a,b   Alho, Regina Rebouças Mendes ^a,c   Kiesslich, Dagmar ^a,c   Fraiji, Nelson Abrahim ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^b FUNDAÇÃO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL DR HEITOR VIEIRA DOURADO   (Brazil)

^c Programa de Apoio A Iniciac õ Científica   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAZIL; DISEASE ELIMINATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; MALARIA CONTROL; NOTE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 84952985496     PISSN: 15168484     EISSN: 18060870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjhh.2014.09.005     Document Type: Note

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