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| Title |
A study on the fortuitons advantage of gamma irradiation in the prophylaxis of transmissible malaria by blood transfusion
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| Published in |
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, June 2000
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| DOI | 10.1590/s0037-86821998000600007 |
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| Authors |
Lúcia Maria Almeida Braz, Vicente Amato Neto, Fábio Luís Carignani, Andréia Otaviani Di Pietro Fernandes, Nelson Hamerschlak, Laura Santoro Zuanella, Maria de Fátima dos Santos Silva, Iolanda Lima de Souza, Massayuki Okumura |
| Abstract |
This study was carried out to evaluate the fortuitons advantage of using gamma irradiation in the prophylaxis of transmissible malaria by blood transfusion, with mice as the experimental model. In the first step, when the infected blood with Plasmodium berghei was submitted to 2,500 rad and 5,000 rad, with or without metronidazol, there was no success, because the animals presented parasitaemia and died after inoculation of irradiated blood. However, there was partial success in the second step, when the infected blood received 10,000 and 15,000 rad, and was inoculated in mice, which showed infection, and presented a survival rate of 20% and 40%, respectively, with later negativation of blood infected by P. berghei. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 3 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 2 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Professor | 1 | 33% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 1 | 33% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 1 | 33% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 67% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 33% |