Molecular Screening of Blood Donors for Babesia in Tyrol, Austria

• Published in: Transfusion medicine and hemotherapy Vol. 50; no. 4; pp. 330 - 333
• Main Authors: Bloch, Evan M., Siller, Anita, Tonnetti, Laura, Drews, Steven J., Spencer, Bryan R., Hedges, Doris, Mergenthal, Tessa, Weber-Schehl, Marijke, Astl, Manfred, Patel, Eshan U., Gaber, Manfred, Schennach, Harald
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland S. Karger AG 01.08.2023
• Subjects: Biotechnology industry; Blood banks; Blood donors; Blood transfusion; Research Article; Tick-borne diseases; United States; Austria; Polymerase chain reaction; Screening; Austria; Blood transfusion; Babesia; Blood donor

Introduction: Babesia is a tick-borne intraerythrocytic parasite that is globally ubiquitous, yet understudied. Several species of Babesia have been shown to be transfusion-transmissible. Babesia has been reported in blood donors, animals, and ticks in the Tyrol (Western Austria), and regional cases...