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Transfusion Medicine
Researchers at University of Barcelona target transfusion medicine
August 19th, 2008
According to recent research from Barcelona, Spain, "Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) caused by Leishmania intantum is a zoonotic disease endemic throughout the Mediterranean basin. The existence of asymptomatic human infection entails the risk of transmission by blood transfusion." "The prevalence of Leishmania infection was studied in 1437 blood donors from the Balearic Islands (Majorca, Formentera, and Minorca) using immunologic (Western blot [WB] and delayed-type hypersensitivity [DTH]), parasitologic(culture), and molecular (nested polymerase chain reaction [PCR]) methods. In addition, the efficiency of leuko-reduction by filtration to remove the parasite was tested by...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-08-19)
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