Babesia microti in a Canadian blood donor and lookback in a red blood cell recipient
| Autor: | Vanessa Allen, Daniel Marko, Jared Bullard, Paul Van Caeseele, Sheila F. O'Brien, Teresa Gaziano, Momar Ndao, Muhamad Almiski, Debra Lane, Steven J. Drews, Michelle P. Zeller, Charles Musuka, Mark Bigham, L. Robbin Lindsay, Andrea K. Boggild |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Canada
Erythrocytes biology business.industry BABESIA MICROTI Babesiosis Blood Donors Hematology General Medicine biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Babesia microti Virology Serology Red blood cell medicine.anatomical_structure Blood donor parasitic diseases Babesia medicine Humans business Human Babesiosis Whole blood |
| Zdroj: | Vox sanguinisREFERENCES. 117(3) |
| ISSN: | 1423-0410 |
| Popis: | Background and objectives We describe the third documented case of autochthonous human babesiosis in Canada and the second in a Canadian blood donor. Materials and methods Multiple laboratory investigations were carried out on the donor and the immunocompromised recipient of an associated, potentially infectious red blood cell product. Results The donor had not travelled except for outdoor exposure in south-eastern Manitoba, followed by illness and hospital admission. The donor had a notable parasitaemia, positive for Babesia microti using whole blood nucleic acid testing (NAT). The recipient was negative for B. microti by both serology and NAT. Conclusion There was no evidence of transfusion-transmitted babesiosis. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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