Demonstrable parasitemia among Connecticut blood donors with antibodies to Babesia microti

Transfusion

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1804-1810

  Leiby, David A ^a   Chung, Amy P S ^a   Gill, Jennifer E ^a   Houghton, Raymond L ^a   Persing, David H ^a   Badon, Stanley ^a   Cable, Ritchard G ^a  

^a American Red Cross ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BABESIA ANTIBODY; NUCLEIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SMEAR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; IMMUNOLOGY; MASS SCREENING; STATISTICS;

ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD DONORS; CONNECTICUT; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 33644626058     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2005.00609.x     Document Type: Article

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