Black market blood transfusions for Ebola: potential for increases in other infections

Glob Health Action. 2014 Nov 17:7:26356. doi: 10.3402/gha.v7.26356. eCollection 2014.

Authors

Morenike O Folayan¹, Brandon Brown², Aminu Yakubu³

Affiliations

¹ Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria; Department of Child Dental Health, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
² Department of Population Health & Disease Prevention, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA; [email protected].
³ Department of Health Planning and Research, Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja, Nigeria.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Africa / epidemiology
Blood Transfusion / statistics & numerical data*
Blood-Borne Pathogens*
HIV Infections / epidemiology
HIV Infections / transmission*
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / epidemiology
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / therapy*
Hepatitis, Viral, Human / epidemiology
Hepatitis, Viral, Human / transmission*
Humans
Transfusion Reaction*