Transfusion-associated babesiosis in the United States: A description of cases

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 155, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 509-519

  Herwaldt, Barbara L ^a   Linden, Jeanne V ^b   Bosserman, Elizabeth ^a   Young, Carolyn ^c   Olkowska, Danuta ^b   Wilson, Marianna ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^c Rhode Island Blood Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA DUNCANI; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THROMBOCYTE; TRANSFUSION ASSOCIATED BABESIOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054775016     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-155-8-201110180-00362     Document Type: Article

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