Prevalence of malaria parasitaemia in screened blood donors at Jos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria

The prevalence of malaria parasitaemia was investigated among screened blood donors at Jos University Teaching Hospital between April and June 2003. A total of 200 blood donors that were systematically selected were examined for malaria parasitaemia. Twenty two samples were positive giving a prevalence of 11.0% and only Plasmodium falciparum was detected. The donors o