A Dumpy Review on Transfusion-Transmitted Malaria as a Problem in Countries Where Malaria is Endemic
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Abdulhadi Sale Kumurya, Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria.
Blood transfusion has been and continues to be a possible source of disease transmission. Protozoal organisms that can be passed on through transfusion include species of the genus Plasmodium, which cause malaria. Malaria is easily the most significant parasitic infection transmissible by blood transfusion. Post transfusion malaria in scarce in Britain or the USA, but it can be a serious problem where the disease is endemic. A close correlation can be seen between the incidences of imported and transfusion malaria. It is also a problem where large scale troop movements to and from malarious areas occur, as happened in the war in Vietnam. There are two aspects to the problem of malaria in transfusion practice. One is that the disease is readily capable of transmission by a symptomatic donor and can produce serious, and often misdiagnosed, illness since malaria would be unsuspected and symptoms may be atypical. The other is that in an attempt to prevent transfusion malaria, many donors are excluded, some of whom are actually safe in terms of transmission of malaria.
Malaria, Donors, Blood Transfusion, Diagnosis
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