Risk of transfusion-transmitted Babesia microti in Canada

Author:

O'Brien, SF, Drews, SJ, Yi, QL, Bloch, E, Ogden, NH, Koffi, JK, Lindsay, LR, Gregoire, Y, and Delage, G

Publication type:

Journal Article

Publication date:

2021-07

Journal/Series title:

Transfusion

URL:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/trf.16595

Abstract:

The likelihood of clinically relevant TTB is low. Testing would have very little utility in Canada at this time. Ongoing pathogen surveillance in tick vectors is important as B. microti prevalence appears to be slowly increasing in Canada.