Transmission of Malaria through Transfusion of Blood
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Though the induction of malaria by injection of parasitized blood is not a new idea, and lias long been in use in the treatment of cerebrospinal syphilis, the first authentic report of accidental transmission of malaria through transfusion of blood was probably made by Woolsey in 1911, who reported the transmission of quartan malaria through blood transfusion in a case of pernicious anaemia. Since then, numerous cases have been reported from many countries. Accidental transmission of malaria through intramuscular injection of whole blood
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