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Transfusion‐induced Malaria
Author(s) -
Dover A. S.,
Schultz M. G.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
transfusion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.045
H-Index - 132
eISSN - 1537-2995
pISSN - 0041-1132
DOI - 10.1111/j.1537-2995.1971.tb04429.x
Subject(s) - malaria , medicine , plasmodium falciparum , blood transfusion , transmission (telecommunications) , immunology , electrical engineering , engineering
Since 1958, 37 cases of transfusion‐induced malaria have been reported in the United States; 27 of them occurred in the past five years. This increase is related to the recent marked increase in imported cases from Vietnam; 13 of the 21 identified infective donors were servicemen who had recently returned from Vietnam. There has also been a significant increase in the percentage of cases that are due to the malignant species, Plasmodium falciparum . This increase in transfusion‐induced malaria warrants a re‐examination of the standards now in use to prevent the transmission of malaria from prospective blood donors.