Detection of Mansonella ozzardi among blood donors from highly endemic interior cities of Amazonas state, northern Brazil.

CONCLUSIONS: Our study provides important baseline data on M. ozzardi among blood donors from the Brazilian Amazon. Further investigations in endemic areas are necessary to clarify possible association between M. ozzardi and other infections and also to elucidate whether there is any significant clinical effect upon transfusion of contaminated blood. PMID: 30566229 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30566229?dopt=Abstract

Source: Transfusion - December 19, 2018 Category: Hematology Authors: Abrahim CMM, Py-Daniel V, Luz SLB, Fraiji NA, Stefani MMA Tags: Transfusion Source Type: research