Transfusion-Transmitted Babesia spp.: Bull's-Eye on Babesia microti
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Background: Babesia microti, a tick-borne parasite endemic to the northeast and upper Midwest, is the primary cause of human babesiosis in the United States. Although these infections are usually subclinical or self-limited in immunocompetent people, severe disease can be present in susceptible populations (including the elderly or immunocompromised). Here, infections result in hemolytic anemia...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Microbiology Reviews
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0893-8512,1098-6618
DOI: 10.1128/cmr.00022-10