Blood
transfusion is a rapid and effective public health intervention used for
persons with multi-factorial life-threatening anemia. Although contributing in
managing and saving human lives, blood transfusion nonetheless can induce
immunological adverse reaction and represent one obvious hazard for
transmission of many infectious diseases, among which malaria.
According
to the latest estimates, 214 million cases of malaria occurred globally in 2015
and the disease led to 438 000 deaths. The burden is heaviest in the WHO
African Region, where an estimated 88% and 90% of all malaria cases and deaths
occur respectively, and in children aged less than 5 years, who account for 78%
of all deaths. Transfusion-transmitted malaria (TTM) is a real public health
problem. It can impair the health of recipients living in endemic malaria areas
and even be fatal despite their relative semi-immunity. Read more>>>>>>>>>>>
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