Plasmodium falciparum

Record number: 
932
Adverse Occurrence type: 
MPHO Type: 
Time to detection: 
11 days
Alerting signals, symptoms, evidence of occurrence: 
Neutropenic fever
Demonstration of imputability or root cause: 
Certain. Genotyping of parasite strains from the donor and recipient; recipient was negative for malaria by serological and molecular tests until day +11. Donor sibling tested negative 3 times by thick film before donation; remained asymptomatic but tested positive for P. falciparum by blood  PCR; donor sample from 3 months pre-donation was retrospectively positive for P. falciparum antigen.
Imputability grade: 
3 Definite/Certain/Proven
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