title: Transfusion transmitted malaria in a non-endemic area.
abstract: Transfusion transmitted malaria in non-endemic areas is a rare and alarming diagnosis. It deserves a special mention because of its rarity, delay in diagnosis, treatment and serious complications. Shimla, though nonendemic, but being a tourist place, can get malaria transported from other parts of India. We present here a case of transfusion transmitted falciparum malaria in IGMC Shimla. We have discussed the strategies for diagnosis and prevention of transfusion transmitted malaria in endemic and non-endemic regions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla 171001, Himachal Pradesh.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chauhan
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Negi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thakur
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000635:transmission*; D008875:Middle Aged; D065227:Transfusion Reaction