Fatal Case of Transfusion-transmitted babesia in DE
By Linda on Nov 16, 2009 in Infections | comments(0)
A fatal case of transfusion-transmitted babesiosis in the State of Delaware
Yong Zhao, Kenneth R. Love, Scott W. Hall, and Frank V. Beardell
Background: Most cases of human babesiosis in North America are caused
by Babesia microti, which is endemic in the northeastern and upper
midwestern United States. Although the disease is usually transmitted by
a tick bite, there has been an increase in the number of
transfusion-transmitted cases reported. We describe a fatal case of
transfusion-transmitted babesiosis in a nonendemic state, Delaware. Continued
