Babesia Infection through Blood Transfusions: Reports Received by the US Food and Drug Administration, 1997–2007

摘要

Background. Human babesiosis is an illness with clinical manifestations that range from asymptomatic to fatal. Although babesiosis is not nationally notifiable, the US incidence appears to be increasing. Babesia infection is a transfusion-transmissable disease. An estimated 70 cases were reported during 1979–2007; most of these cases were reported during the past decade.