Transfusion-transmitted severe Plasmodium knowlesi malaria in a splenectomized patient with beta-thalassaemia major in Sabah, Malaysia: a case report

BACKGROUND: Transfusion-transmitted malaria (TTM) is a well-recognized risk of receiving blood transfusions, and has occurred with Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium ovale, and Plasmodium malariae. The simian parasite Plasmodium knowlesi is also known to be transmissible through ino...

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Autores principales: Bird, Elspeth M., Parameswaran, Uma, William, Timothy, Khoo, Tien Meng, Grigg, Matthew J., Aziz, Ammar, Marfurt, Jutta, Yeo, Tsin W., Auburn, Sarah, Anstey, Nicholas M., Barber, Bridget E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4942937/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27405869
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-016-1398-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4942937/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27405869
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-016-1398-z

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