Malaysian child infected with Plasmodium vivax via blood transfusion: a case report
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 t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | en |
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2013
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/8691/1/Anthony-2013-Malaysian_child_infe.pdf http://eprints.um.edu.my/8691/ http://www.malariajournal.com/content/pdf/1475-2875-12-308.pdf |
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| Summary: | 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. |
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