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2023 Jan 13


Transfusion

Transfusion-transmitted babesiosis in a patient with sickle cell disease undergoing chronic red cell exchange.

Authors

Costa V, Mercure-Corriveau N, Gourneau J, Tobian AAR, Jones JM, Lauriello A, Lanzkron S, Crowe EP, Bloch EM
Transfusion. 2023 Jan 13.
PMID: 36637364.

Abstract

Prior to laboratory-based blood donor screening for Babesia, transfusion-transmitted babesiosis (TTB) was a leading infectious risk to the blood supply in the United States.