Knowledge and perceptions of South African blood donors towards biobanking and stool donation
This is the first report on the perspectives of potential participants in donating samples towards a stool microbiome biobank in South Africa, a necessity for faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT).
Authors
- Caroline Hilton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6531-4702)
- Brian Kullin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5460-1977)
- Shantelle Claassen-Weitz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2175-3776)
- Elloise du Toit (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3360-6135)
- Hannah Livingstone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4804-7425)
- Adrian Brink (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5350-9690)
- Sugnet Gardner‐Lubbe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2762-9944)
- Anika Chicken (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6166-6269)
- Kirsten Welp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0839-8597)
- Gregory Bellairs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4356-1231)
Institutions
- National Health Laboratory Service (ZA)
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- Stellenbosch University (ZA)
- Groote Schuur Hospital (ZA)
- South African National Blood Service (ZA)
- Management Sciences (United States) (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2024-10-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4102/sajid.v39i1.645
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Blood donation and transfusion practices
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.46