Table 1 Overview of most relevant events
Date | Donor/Recipient | Event |
|---|---|---|
August 2005 | Donor | Visit to Kenya, Tanzania and Zanzibar |
3 April 2006 | Donor | First visit to blood bank for examination and giving blood samples for testing |
4 May 2006 | Donor | Blood donation #1 |
2 August 2006 | Donor | Blood donation #2 |
Aug – Sept 2006 | Donor | Visit to Thailand (only to low risk areas for malaria, no precautions required) |
9 November 2006 | Donor | Blood donation #3 |
27 February 2007 | Donor | Blood donation #4 at a thrombocyte count of 141 × 109/L |
22 May 2007 | Donor | Blood donation #5 at a thrombocyte count of 94 × 109/L |
29 May 2007 | Donor | Informed about thrombocytopenia; referred to GP |
14 August 2007 | Donor | Blood donation #6 |
September 2007 | Donor | Visit to Costa Rica |
26 May 2008 | Donor | Blood donation #7 |
25 August 2008 | Donor | Blood donation #8 |
17 November 2008 | Donor | Blood donation #9 |
11 February 2009 | Donor | Blood donation #10 |
8 June 2009 | Donor | Blood donation #11 |
3 December 2009 | Donor | Blood donation #12 |
1 March 2010 | Donor | Blood donation #13 |
10 May 2010 | Donor | Blood donation #14 |
9 February 2011 | Donor | Blood donation #15 |
14 February 2011 | Recipient | Coronary-artery bypass surgery and transfusion of red blood cell concentrate from blood donation #15 |
14 April 2011 | Recipient | Diagnosis P. malariae infection |
14 April 2011 | Donor | Informed about post-transfusion malaria infection in recipient |
7 June 2011 | Donor | Blood collection for malaria tests |
23 June 2011 | Donor | First laboratory evidence for subclinical P. malariae infection in specimen collected on 7 June 2011 |
17 August 2011 | Donor | First visit to Harbour hospital and initial examination |
8 November 2011 | Donor | Second visit to Harbour hospital; confirmation of on-going, subclinical P. malariae infection |
10 November 2011 | Donor | Start oral chloroquine treatment |