Transfusion-Transmitted Malaria: Two Pediatric Cases From the United States and Their Relevance in an Increasingly Globalized World | Zendy

Leigh A. Stubbs | Zendy; Michael R. Price | Zendy; Daniel K. Noland | Zendy; Jennifer Fuchs | Zendy; Laura Filkins | Zendy; Erin McElvania | Zendy; Hung S. Luu | Zendy; Michael Sebert | Zendy; Ami Waters | Zendy; Michelle S. Hsiang | Zendy

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Transfusion-Transmitted Malaria: Two Pediatric Cases From the United States and Their Relevance in an Increasingly Globalized World

Author(s) -

Leigh A. Stubbs,

Michael R. Price,

Daniel K. Noland,

Jennifer Fuchs,

Laura Filkins,

Erin McElvania,

Hung S. Luu,

Michael Sebert,

Ami Waters,

Michelle S. Hsiang

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

journal of the pediatric infectious diseases society

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.269

H-Index - 31

eISSN - 2048-7207

pISSN - 2048-7193

DOI - 10.1093/jpids/piab083

Subject(s) - medicine , malaria , intensive care medicine , relevance (law) , medline , pediatrics , virology , immunology , law , political science

In non-endemic settings, transfusion-transmitted malaria (TTM) is rare but potentially fatal and becoming more common with globalization. We present two pediatric cases that demonstrate donor screening using questionnaires is subject to error and that TTM should be considered with fever following numerous transfusions in children, particularly sickle cell patients.

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