Transfusion-transmitted malaria: Donor prevalence of parasitaemia and a survey of healthcare workers knowledge and practices in a district hospital in Ghana

Malaria Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Owusu Ofori, Alex ^a,b   Gadzo, Dominic ^c   Bates, Imelda ^d  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c Akatsi South District Hospital   (Ghana)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Donor parasitaemia; Healthcare worker; Plasmodium falciparum; Prevalence; Transfusion transmitted malaria

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD DONOR; CONTINUOUS EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; TRANSFUSION RECIPIENT; TRANSFUSION TRANSMITTED MALARIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964470819     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-016-1289-3     Document Type: Article

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