Blood serves as a vehicle for transmission of blood-borne pathogens and transfusion-associated malaria is a potentially serious complication. The present study was conducted to determine the prevalence of Malaria parasites in blood donors. Total of 400 blood donors were selected from Transfusion Medicine Department of two teaching institutes, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) and National Institute of Diseases of Chest and Hospital (NIDCH), Dhaka between the period of 1st January and 30th April 2003. The blood samples were examined under microscope by thick film in the laboratory of Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control & Research (IEDCR), Dhaka. The socio-demographic characteristics of the study subjects show that 304 (76%) blood donors were males and 96 (24%) of them were females. The malaria parasites were found in 3 (0.76%) donors out of 400 donors. From 400 donors, 52 (13%) donors had the history of residence/ travel in malaria zone and 348 (87%) had no such history. The 8 (15%) out of 52 who had the history of residence/ travel in malaria zone had previous history of malaria and had taken anti-malarial drug. It can be concluded from the present study that there is some risk of transmission of malaria parasites in blood transfusion among the voluntary and professional blood donors in Bangladesh. Key words: Malaria parasites; Blood donors; Thick film. DOI: 10.3329/jdmc.v17i2.6590J Dhaka Med Coll. 2008; 17(2) : 94-97
Bombay blood group is the rarest blood group in the world. It is a blood group which shows absence of A,B,H antigens on red cells and presence of anti- A, anti-B and potent wide thermal range anti-H antibodies in serum reacting with all O blood group. Dr. Y.M. Bhende first discovered Bombay blood group in 1952 at Bombay in India now known as Mumbai. This is the reason why this blood group got the name Bombay blood group. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjmed.v22i1.13596 Bangladesh J Medicine 2011; 22: 21-23
Context: Most deaths caused by transfusion worldwide is due to transmission of infectious agents like Virus, Bacteria and Protozoa. The risk of disease transmission increases many fold if blood donor selection is inappropriate (such as blood from professional donor) and testing of all blood for transfusion is inadequate. Methods: The study was carried out in transfusion Medicine department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital from January to December 2009 to see the prevalence of HBV, HCV, HIV, Treponema pallidum and Malarial parasite among the donor. Results: The study was carried out on 21448 donors, among whom 4464 (20.81%) were voluntary and 16984 (79.19%) were relative donors. Among 21448 donors, 21081 (98.29%) were selected and 367 (1.71%) were rejected. Out of 21081 selected donors 4406 (20.9%) were voluntary donor and 16675 (79.1%) were relative donor. Out of 367 rejected 58 (15.8%) were voluntary and 309 (84.2%) were relative donor. On analyzing the 367 rejected cases, HBsAg positive 297 (80.93%), Anti HCV positive 38 (10.35%), Malarial Parasite positive 23 (6.27%), Treponema pallidum positive 9 (2.45%) and none found positive for HIV. Key words: Blood donor; Voluntary donor; Relative donor; Screening. DOI: 10.3329/jdmc.v19i1.6245 J Dhaka Med Coll. 2010; 19(1) : 16-18.
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