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Transfusion-transmitted malaria : a systematic review and meta-analysis
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dc.contributor.author | Ahmadpour, Ehsan | |
dc.contributor.author | Foroutan-Rad, Masoud | |
dc.contributor.author | Majidiani, Hamidreza | |
dc.contributor.author | Moghaddam, Sirous Mehrani | |
dc.contributor.author | Hatam-Nahavandi, Kareem | |
dc.contributor.author | Hosseini, Seyed-Abdollah | |
dc.contributor.author | Rahimi, Mohammad Taghi | |
dc.contributor.author | Barac, Aleksandra | |
dc.contributor.author | Rubino, Salvatore | |
dc.contributor.author | Zarean, Mehdi | |
dc.contributor.author | Mathioudakis, Alexander G | |
dc.contributor.author | Cevik, Muge | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-07-31T09:30:02Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-07-31T09:30:02Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-07 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Ahmadpour , E , Foroutan-Rad , M , Majidiani , H , Moghaddam , S M , Hatam-Nahavandi , K , Hosseini , S-A , Rahimi , M T , Barac , A , Rubino , S , Zarean , M , Mathioudakis , A G & Cevik , M 2019 , ' Transfusion-transmitted malaria : a systematic review and meta-analysis ' , Open Forum Infectious Diseases , vol. 6 , no. 7 , ofz283 . https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz283 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 2328-8957 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE: 260335129 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE UUID: 046992a0-ed06-4d39-96c5-af6dfc2b0368 | |
dc.identifier.other | PubMed: 31334300 | |
dc.identifier.other | PubMedCentral: PMC6634438 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0003-1133-3874/work/60427709 | |
dc.identifier.other | Scopus: 85073259703 | |
dc.identifier.other | WOS: 000481501400032 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/18210 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background : 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. Methods : PRISMA guidelines were followed. Scopus, PubMed, Science Direct, and EMBASE were searched from 1982 to October 10, 2017. All peer-reviewed original research articles describing the prevalence of malaria parasitemia in blood donors with different diagnostic methods were included. The random-effects model was applied to assess the effects of heterogeneity among the selected studies. Incoherence and heterogeneity between studies were quantified by I2 index and Cochran's Q test. Publication and population bias was assessed with funnel plots and Egger's regression asymmetry test. All statistical analyses were performed using Stata (version 2.7.2). Results : Seventy-one studies from 21 countries, 5 continents, were included in the present systematic review. The median prevalence of malaria parasitemia among 984 975 asymptomatic healthy blood donors was 10.54%, 5.36%, and 0.38% by microscopy, molecular methods (polymerase chain reaction), and rapid diagnostic tests, respectively. The most commonly detected Plasmodium species was P. falciparum. Conclusions : This systematic review demonstrates that compared with other transfusion-linked infections, that is, HIV, HCV, and HBV, transfusion-transmitted malaria is one of the most significant transfusion-associated infections especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. Future work must aim to understand the clinical significance of transfusion-transmitted malaria in malaria-endemic settings. | |
dc.format.extent | 8 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Open Forum Infectious Diseases | en |
dc.rights | © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com | en |
dc.subject | Blood donor | en |
dc.subject | Plasmodium | en |
dc.subject | Systematic review | en |
dc.subject | Transfusion-associated infections | en |
dc.subject | Transfusion medicine | en |
dc.subject | QR180 Immunology | en |
dc.subject | T-NDAS | en |
dc.subject | SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QR180 | en |
dc.title | Transfusion-transmitted malaria : a systematic review and meta-analysis | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.description.version | Publisher PDF | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Medicine | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz283 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
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