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SUBMITTER: Kwenti TE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5537946 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kwenti Tebit Emmanuel TE Njunda Longdoh Anna LA Tsamul Beltine B Nsagha Shey Dickson SD Assob Nguedia Jules-Clement NJ Tufon Kukwah Anthony KA Meriki Dilonga Henry DH Orock Enow George EG
Infectious diseases of poverty 20170801 1
<h4>Background</h4>In malaria endemic areas, infected blood donors serve as a source of infection to blood recipients, which may adversely affect their prognosis. This necessitates the proper screening of blood to be used for transfusion in these areas. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of malaria parasitaemia in blood donors in Buea, Cameroon, and to evaluate the performance of a rapid diagnostic test (RDT), a malaria antibody enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), a ...[more]