%0 Journal Article
%T Transfusion-Transmitted Malaria: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
%A Aleksandra Barac
%A Alexander G Mathioudakis
%A Ehsan Ahmadpour
%A Hamidreza Majidiani
%A Kareem Hatam-Nahavandi
%A Masoud Foroutan-Rad
%A Mehdi Zarean
%A Mohammad Taghi Rahimi
%A Muge Cevik
%A Salvatore Rubino
%A Seyed-Abdollah Hosseini
%A Sirous Mehrani Moghaddam
%J Archive of "Open Forum Infectious Diseases".
%D 2019
%R 10.1093/ofid/ofz283
%X Malaria transmission through blood transfusion is an accidental but preventable cause of malaria infection and is increasingly becoming a matter of concern for blood transfusion services. This systematic review was conducted to provide a summary of evidence about the prevalence of Plasmodium infection in asymptomatic blood donors and the effectiveness of screening methods used based on the available literature
%K blood donor
%K Plasmodium
%K systematic review
%K transfusion-associated infections
%K transfusion medicine
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6634438/