087CE: Transfusion-transmitted Infections with Suchi Pandey
Blood Bank Guy Essentials Podcast
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The Risk of Transfusion-Transmitted Babesia
Babiesia is another example of a vector-borne disease that has also a transfusion transmission risk. Most people that get infected with Babesia are asymptomatic, but the parasite can be found in blood for up to two years. The most common Babesia microdee which has been associated most of the time with the transfusion transmitted cases,. It's seasonal and it's in specific parts of the country.
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