Transfusion-transmitted and community-acquired babesiosis in New York, 2004 to 2015

Transfusion

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 660-668

  Linden, Jeanne V ^a   Prusinski, Melissa A ^b   Crowder, Lauren A ^c   Tonnetti, Laura ^c   Stramer, Susan L ^c   Kessler, Debra A ^d   White, Jennifer ^b   Shaz, Beth ^d   Olkowska, Danuta ^a  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c AMERICAN RED CROSS   (United States)

^d NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED BABESIOSIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW YORK; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PIROPLASMOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TICK; TRANSFUSION TRANSMITTED BABESIOSIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; INCIDENCE; TRANSMISSION;

BABESIOSIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEW YORK;

EID: 85041220003     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/trf.14476     Document Type: Article

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