Babesia microti in a Canadian blood donor and lookback in a red blood cell recipient

Author:

Drews, SJ, Caeseele, PV, Bullard, JM, Lindsay, LR, Gaziano, T, Zeller, MP, Lane, D, Momar, N, Allen, V, Boggild, AK, O'Brien, SF, Marko, D, Musuka, C, Almiski, M, and Bigham, M

Publication type:

Journal Article

Publication date:

2021-08

Journal/Series title:

Vox Sang.

URL:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/vox.13198

Abstract:

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.