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Observation of Blood Donor-Recipient Malaria Parasitaemia Patterns in a Malaria Endemic Region. | LitMetric

Observation of Blood Donor-Recipient Malaria Parasitaemia Patterns in a Malaria Endemic Region.

J Trop Med

Department of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, PMB 06, Shika-Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria.

Published: August 2017

Background: Asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia has been documented in donor blood in West Africa. However, donated blood is not routinely screened for malaria parasites (MPs). The present study therefore aimed to document the frequency of blood transfusion-induced donor-recipient malaria parasitaemia patterns, in children receiving blood transfusion in a tertiary health-centre.

Methodology: A cross-sectional, observational study involving 140 children receiving blood transfusion was carried out. Blood donor units and patients' blood samples were obtained, for the determination of malaria parasites (MPs). Giemsa staining technique was used to determine the presence of malaria parasitaemia.

Results: Malaria parasites were detected in 7% of donor blood and in 8.3% of the recipients' pretransfusion blood. The incidence of posttransfusion MPs was 3%, but none of these were consistent with blood transfusion-induced malaria, as no child with posttransfusion parasitaemia was transfused with parasitized donor blood. Majority of the blood transfusions (89.4%) had no MPs in either donors or recipients, while 6.8% had MPs in both donors and recipients, with the remaining 3.8% showing MPs in recipients alone.

Conclusion: In conclusion, the incidence of posttransfusion malaria parasitaemia appears low under the prevailing circumstances.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5613642PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/7149261DOI Listing

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