Travel Medicine Advisor Archives – February 1, 2004
February 1, 2004
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Malaria Update from the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
At the 52nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Dr. Monica Parise from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention presented her annual update on prevention and treatment of malaria. -
Trypanosoma cruzi and the Trypanosoma cruzi and the United States Blood Supply: Should We Be Testing All Donors?
Insuring that the blood supply is free of transmissible pathogens remains a challenge. Since 1987, 7 cases of transfusion-transmitted Trypanosoma cruzi infections have occurred in the United States/Canada. The chronic nature of Chagas disease and the increasing number of immigrants from endemic countries may warrant the need to institute universal testing for this parasite.