Open AccessSeroprevalence of malaria in blood donors and multi-transfused patients in Northern India: Relevance to prevention of transfusion-transmissible malaria
Author(s) -
Anju Dubey,
Priti Elhence,
Ujjala Ghoshal,
Anupam Verma
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
asian journal of transfusion science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.262
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1998-3565
pISSN - 0973-6247
DOI - 10.4103/0973-6247.98937
Subject(s) - malaria , medicine , seroprevalence , blood transfusion , thalassemia , antibody , immunology , rapid diagnostic test , serology
Transfusion-transmissible malaria (TTM) is a major concern in malaria endemic countries. A study was therefore conducted to know sero-prevalence of malaria in blood donors and the risk of TTM to multi-transfused patients at our hospital.