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Use of a NAT-based assay to improve the surveillance system and prevent transfusion-transmitted malaria in blood banks

BACKGROUND: Malaria can be transmitted by blood transfusion through donations collected from asymptomatic donors. Transfusion-transmitted malaria (TTM) poses a great risk to blood services worldwide. A good screening tool for Plasmodium spp. detection in blood banks must have a high sensitivity for...

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Autores principales: Rocha, Daniele, de Melo, Gisely Cardoso, Carneiro, José Marcelo Hipólito, Ribeiro, Marisa, Ribeiro, Sthefanie, de Godoy, Daniela Tupy, de Almeida, Anne Cristine Gomes, de Andrade, Elisabete Ferreira, Abrahim, Cláudia Maria de Moura, Fraiji, Nelson Abrahim, Ferreira, Antonio Gomes Pinto, Monteiro, Wuelton Marcelo, Brindeiro, Rodrigo, Tanuri, Amilcar, de Lacerda, Marcus Vinicius Guimarães, Alvarez, Patrícia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7395345/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32736625
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-020-03345-y