Babesiosis is an emerging tick-borne disease caused by intraerythrocytic protozoa that are
primarily transmitted by hard-bodied (ixodid) ticks and rarely through blood transfusion …

Over 77 million dogs and 93 million cats share our households in the United States. Multiple
studies have demonstrated the importance of pets in their owners' physical and mental …

Babesiosis is an emerging zoonotic disease on all inhabited continents and various wildlife
species are the principal reservoir hosts for zoonotic Babesia species. The primary vectors …

Background Babesia microti, a tickborne intraerythrocytic parasite that can be transmitted by
means of blood transfusion, is responsible for the majority of cases of transfusion-transmitted …

Over the past 20 years, there has been a major increase in the safety of the blood supply, as
demonstrated by declining rates of posttransfusion infection and reductions in estimated …

Babesia spp. are intraerythrocytic protozoan parasites of animals and humans that cause
babesiosis, a zoonotic disease transmitted primarily by tick vectors. Although a variety of …

The article discusses the developments and systematic assessments to respond emerging
transfusion-transmitted infectious diseases (TTIDs) over the past 50 years. The American …

Babesia spp. are tick-borne parasites with a global distribution and diversity of vertebrate
hosts. Over the next several decades, climate change is expected to impact humans …

Borrelia miyamotoi sensu lato, a relapsing fever Borrelia sp., is transmitted by the same ticks
that transmit B. burgdorferi (the Lyme disease pathogen) and occurs in all Lyme disease ?" …

The tragedy of transfusion-associated hepatitis and HIV spurred a decades-long overhaul of
the regulatory oversight and practice of blood transfusion. Consequent to improved donor …