Although international policies recommend that blood for transfusion should be screened for
transfusiontransmitted infections, malaria screening is not performed in most malaria …

Infectious risk associated with blood transfusion remains a major public health challenge in
Africa, where prevalence rates of the major transfusion-transmissible infections (ie, hepatitis …

Induced malaria by blood transfusion is a potential health hazard but is often neglected in
many malaria endemic areas. Standard parasitological technique was used to determine the …

In areas with seasonal transmission, proper management of acute malaria cases that arise
in the transmission season can markedly reduce the disease burden. However …

Conclusion: The majority of the respondents sought treatment from health facilities.
However, few children got treatment from chemist and at home or did not get treatment for …

Transfusion-transmitted malaria is a severe disease with high fatality rate. Most Brazilian
blood banks in the Amazon region perform malaria screening using microscopic …

Abstract Background In Cameroon, as in many malaria endemic countries in Africa, blood
donors are not routinely screened for Plasmodium infection that potentially could lead to …

Résumé Le paludisme est une des causes principales de la mortalité infantile en Afrique, où
son agent, le Plasmodium falciparum, représente une des infections majeures de …

El diagnóstico oportuno y efectivo de la malaria es determinante para el tratamiento y
control adecuado de la enfermedad; sin embargo, el diagnóstico tradicional basado en …

Objectives: Microscopy of Giemsa-stained thick and thin peripheral blood smear (PBS)
remains as the standard laboratory method for the diagnosis of symptomatic malaria. This …