Babesiosis and blood transfusion: Flying under the radar

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 157-165

  Leiby, D A ^a,b  

^a HOLLAND LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Babesia; Emerging; Pathogen; Red cells; Transfusion; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE; AZITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; QUININE;

BABESIA DIVERGENS; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD FILTRATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INFECTION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SAFETY; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SYMPTOM; TINNITUS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUG TOXICITY; HUMANS;

EID: 33644615615     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2006.00740.x     Document Type: Review

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