Selective malaria antibody screening among eligible blood donors in Jiangsu, China

The risk of transfusion-transmitted malaria is a major concern in many countries. This study investigated the prevalence of malaria antibodies and parasitemia in eligible blood donors in Jiangsu, in Eastern China. Malaria antibodies were detected in 2.13% of the 704 plasma samples studied. We found...

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Autores principales: Lin, Hong, Zhu, Shaowen, Zhu, Shengjiang, Shao, Lei, Zhu, Nan, Huang, Chengyin, Sun, Jun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto de Medicina Tropical 2017
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5553941/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28793014
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946201759043
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author Lin, Hong
Zhu, Shaowen
Zhu, Shengjiang
Shao, Lei
Zhu, Nan
Huang, Chengyin
Sun, Jun
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Zhu, Shaowen
Zhu, Shengjiang
Shao, Lei
Zhu, Nan
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Sun, Jun
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description The risk of transfusion-transmitted malaria is a major concern in many countries. This study investigated the prevalence of malaria antibodies and parasitemia in eligible blood donors in Jiangsu, in Eastern China. Malaria antibodies were detected in 2.13% of the 704 plasma samples studied. We found that the prevalence of malaria antibodies was not significantly correlated with gender, occupation and frequency of donation, but it increased with age. No Plasmodium was observed in red blood cells and no Plasmodium DNA was detected in any of the antibody-positive samples. The prevalence of malaria antibodies was not higher than expected in Eastern China.
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spelling pubmed-55539412017-08-17 Selective malaria antibody screening among eligible blood donors in Jiangsu, China Lin, Hong Zhu, Shaowen Zhu, Shengjiang Shao, Lei Zhu, Nan Huang, Chengyin Sun, Jun Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo Brief Communication The risk of transfusion-transmitted malaria is a major concern in many countries. This study investigated the prevalence of malaria antibodies and parasitemia in eligible blood donors in Jiangsu, in Eastern China. Malaria antibodies were detected in 2.13% of the 704 plasma samples studied. We found that the prevalence of malaria antibodies was not significantly correlated with gender, occupation and frequency of donation, but it increased with age. No Plasmodium was observed in red blood cells and no Plasmodium DNA was detected in any of the antibody-positive samples. The prevalence of malaria antibodies was not higher than expected in Eastern China. Instituto de Medicina Tropical 2017-08-07 /pmc/articles/PMC5553941/ /pubmed/28793014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946201759043 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Lin, Hong
Zhu, Shaowen
Zhu, Shengjiang
Shao, Lei
Zhu, Nan
Huang, Chengyin
Sun, Jun
Selective malaria antibody screening among eligible blood donors in Jiangsu, China
title Selective malaria antibody screening among eligible blood donors in Jiangsu, China
title_full Selective malaria antibody screening among eligible blood donors in Jiangsu, China
title_fullStr Selective malaria antibody screening among eligible blood donors in Jiangsu, China
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title_short Selective malaria antibody screening among eligible blood donors in Jiangsu, China
title_sort selective malaria antibody screening among eligible blood donors in jiangsu, china
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5553941/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28793014
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946201759043
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