Transfusion-Transmitted Babesia microti

Transfusion Medicine Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 132-138

  Fang, Deanna C ^a   McCullough, Jeffrey ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Babesia; Transfusion transmitted infection; Transfusion transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE; AZITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; QUININE;

AGE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BABESIA MICROTI; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD STORAGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PATIENT; PIROPLASMOSIS; REVIEW; SPLEEN; TREATMENT INDICATION; TRANSMISSION;

BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMANS;

EID: 84973563258     PISSN: 08877963     EISSN: 15329496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmrv.2016.04.002     Document Type: Review

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