Guidance on the Management of Asymptomatic Blood Donors Who Test Positive for Babesia.

Bloch EM, Jacobs JW, Vannier E, Wormser GP, Gelfand JA, Sikand VK, Heller HM, Sood SK, Kirkman L, Johnson JE, Marcos LA, Lemieux JE, Smith RP, Woolley AE, Perry WA, Polgreen PM, Beekmann SE, Sullivan DJ, Auwaerter PG, Krause PJ

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DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaf721
Published: 2026 Jul 23
Container: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
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@article{allodium:10.1093/cid/ciaf721,
  title = {Guidance on the Management of Asymptomatic Blood Donors Who Test Positive for Babesia.},
  author = {Bloch EM and Jacobs JW and Vannier E and Wormser GP and Gelfand JA and Sikand VK and Heller HM and Sood SK and Kirkman L and Johnson JE and Marcos LA and Lemieux JE and Smith RP and Woolley AE and Perry WA and Polgreen PM and Beekmann SE and Sullivan DJ and Auwaerter PG and Krause PJ},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America},
  doi = {10.1093/cid/ciaf721},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaf721}
}

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AU  - Jacobs JW
AU  - Vannier E
AU  - Wormser GP
AU  - Gelfand JA
AU  - Sikand VK
AU  - Heller HM
AU  - Sood SK
AU  - Kirkman L
AU  - Johnson JE
AU  - Marcos LA
AU  - Lemieux JE
AU  - Smith RP
AU  - Woolley AE
AU  - Perry WA
AU  - Polgreen PM
AU  - Beekmann SE
AU  - Sullivan DJ
AU  - Auwaerter PG
AU  - Krause PJ
PY  - 2026
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EM, B., JW, J., E, V., GP, W., JA, G., VK, S., HM, H., SK, S., L, K., JE, J., LA, M., JE, L., RP, S., AE, W., WA, P., PM, P., SE, B., DJ, S., PG, A., & PJ, K. (2026). Guidance on the Management of Asymptomatic Blood Donors Who Test Positive for Babesia.. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaf721

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