Malaria

Acceptability at Recruitment

QUALIFIED

Acceptability at CT / Work-Up

QUALIFIED

Individual at Risk

Recipient/ Donor (if not fully treated)

Explanation of Condition

Parasitic infection transmitted by the bite of a female mosquito. Untreated, the condition may be rapidly fatal.

See also Malaria

Guidance

'Resident – A donor who has ever been present in a malaria risk area (or areas), for a continuous period of 6 months or more (at any point in their lifetime)

Visitor – A donor who has visited or travelled through a malaria risk area (or areas) within the past 12 months

Unexplained febrile illness (UFI) – A donor who had undiagnosed fever (that could have been malaria) while present in, or within four months of leaving, a malaria risk area.

Previous diagnosis of malaria – A donor who previously had a confirmed diagnosis of malaria, at any point in their lifetime.

For a list and maps of malaria risk areas, please refer to JPAC guidelines:

MAT: Malarial Antibody Test

NAT: Nucleic Acid Test (for malaria)

Status		Action
Visitor	<4 months	Request MAT and NAT
	4-12 months	Request MAT
	> 12 months	Accept, no test
Resident	<4 months since last exposure	Request MAT and NAT
	> 4 months since last exposure	Request MAT
UFI	<4 months since last exposure	Request MAT and NAT
	> 4 months since last exposure	Request MAT
History of malaria	<4 months since recovery	Request MAT and NAT
	> 4 months since recovery	Request MAT

Version

Version 2, Edition 1

Date of Last Update

1 June 2016