Selective malaria antibody screening among eligible blood donors in Jiangsu, China

• Autor(a) principal: Lin, Hong
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Zhu, Shaowen, Zhu, Shengjiang, Shao, Lei, Zhu, Nan, Huang, Chengyin, Sun, Jun
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/rimtsp/article/view/140696
• topic: Malaria antibodies; Eligible blood donor; Plasmodium DNA

The risk of transfusion-transmitted malaria is a major concern in many countries. This study investigated the prevalence of malaria antibodies and parasitemia in eligible blood donors in Jiangsu, in Eastern China. Malaria antibodies were detected in 2.13% of the 704 plasma samples studied. We found that the prevalence of malaria antibodies was not significantly correlated with gender, occupation and frequency of donation, but it increased with age. No Plasmodium was observed in red blood cells and no Plasmodium DNA was detected in any of the antibody-positive samples. The prevalence of malaria antibodies was not higher than expected in Eastern China.