Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2013
Abstract
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.
Keywords
Plasmodium vivax, Blood transfusion, Malaria transmission, Endemic regions, Microscopy, PCR
Divisions
fac_med
Publication Title
Malaria Journal
Volume
12
Additional Information
Anthony, Claudia N. Lau, Yee-Ling Sum, Jia-Siang Fong, Mun-Yik Ariffin, Hany Zaw, Wai-Linn Jeyajothi, Indra Mahmud, Rohela