Transfusion Medicine

Studies from Y. Zhao and co-researchers update current data on transfusion medicine

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, January 25th, 2010

"Most cases of human babesiosis in North America are caused by Babesia microti, which is endemic in the northeastern and upper midwestern United States. Although the disease is usually transmitted by a tick bite, there has been an increase in the number of transfusion-transmitted cases reported," scientists in the United States report.

"We describe a fatal case of transfusion-transmitted babesiosis in a nonendemic state, Delaware. The patient was a 43-year-old Caucasian woman with history of transfusion-dependent Diamond-Blackfan syndrome, hepatitis C, and splenectomy. She was admitted initially for presumptive pneumonia. The next day, a routine examination of the...

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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2010-01-25)

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