Anthony, C.N. and Lau, Y.L. and Sum, J.S. and Fong, M.Y. and Ariffin, H. and Zaw, W.L. and Jeyajothi, I. and Mahmud, R. (2013) Malaysian child infected with Plasmodium vivax via blood transfusion: a case report. Malaria Journal, 12. ISSN 1475-2875, DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-12-308.
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Abstract
Malaria may be a serious complication of blood transfusion due to the asymptomatic persistence of parasites in some donors. This case report highlights the transfusion-transmitted malaria of Plasmodium vivax in a child diagnosed with germ cell tumour. This child had received blood transfusion from three donors and a week later started developing malaria like symptoms. Nested PCR and sequencing confirmed that one of the three donors was infected with P. vivax and this was transmitted to the 12-year-old child. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first reported transfusion-transmitted malaria case in Malaysia.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Additional Information: | Anthony, Claudia N. Lau, Yee-Ling Sum, Jia-Siang Fong, Mun-Yik Ariffin, Hany Zaw, Wai-Linn Jeyajothi, Indra Mahmud, Rohela |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Plasmodium vivax, Blood transfusion, Malaria transmission, Endemic regions, Microscopy, PCR |
| Subjects: | R Medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine |
| Depositing User: | Ms Haslinda Lahuddin |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Dec 2013 07:18 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Dec 2013 07:18 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/8691 |
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