PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Kevin C. Kain
AU  - Salha Bu Jassoum
AU  - I. William Fong
AU  - Barbara Hannach
TI  - Transfusion-transmitted babesiosis in Ontario: first reported case in Canada
DP  - 2001 Jun 12
TA  - Canadian Medical Association Journal
PG  - 1721--1723
VI  - 164
IP  - 12
4099  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/164/12/1721.short
4100  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/164/12/1721.full
SO  - CMAJ2001 Jun 12; 164
AB  - BABESIOSIS HAS ONLY RECENTLY BEEN REPORTED in Canada, but a number of transfusion-transmitted cases of this infection have been reported from the United States. We present a case of transfusion-transmitted babesiosis that occurred in Canada. Canadian physicians must consider babesiosis in the differential diagnosis of patients who experience fever or a hemolytic reaction after blood transfusion. Prompt recognition and treatment are important, because Babesia infections can be severe or fatal in certain risk groups. Better strategies to prevent transfusion-transmitted babesiosis are required.