Selective Testing of At-Risk Blood Donors for Trypanosoma cruzi and Plasmodium spp. in Switzerland | Zendy

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Selective Testing of At-Risk Blood Donors for Trypanosoma cruzi and Plasmodium spp. in Switzerland

Author(s) -

Christoph Niederhauser,

Jochen Gottschalk,

Caroline Tinguely

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

transfusion medicine and hemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.971

H-Index - 39

eISSN - 1660-3818

pISSN - 1660-3796

DOI - 10.1159/000446218

Subject(s) - malaria , trypanosoma cruzi , serology , chagas disease , population , immunology , medicine , transfusion medicine , disease , blood transfusion , plasmodium (life cycle) , plasmodium falciparum , biology , virology , intensive care medicine , environmental health , parasite hosting , antibody , world wide web , computer science

Population migrations and overseas recreational travel to regions at risk for tropical diseases are increasing. A major challenge in non-endemic countries is to decrease the number of blood donor deferrals due those tropical disease pathogens, without compromising the high level of blood safety. The protozoans Trypanosoma cruzi and Plasmodium spp., the causative organisms of Chagas disease (CD) and malaria are becoming a major focus in the blood transfusion community.

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