Detección de anticuerpos antiplasmodium por ELISA en donantes de sangre

Abstract

In order to determine the risk of transfusion-induced malaria in the Blood Bank of the Hospital Militar Central in Bogotá, 3114 sera from blood donnors were collected during a period of nine months. These sera were analysed by the indirect E.L.I.S.A. technique using P. falciparum antigen containing more than 60% of schizonts. Malaria antibodies were detected in 27 sera, representing 8.6 per thousand of total samples. Three cases of malaria following blood transfusion were recorded during the study.