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Volume 22, Number 11—November 2016
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis

Transmission of Babesia microti Parasites by Solid Organ Transplantation

Meghan B. BrennanComments to Author , Barbara L. Herwaldt, James J. Kazmierczak, John W. Weiss, Christina L. Klein, Catherine P. Leith, Rong He, Matthew J. Oberley, Laura Tonnetti, Patricia P. Wilkins, and Gregory M. Gauthier
Author affiliations: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA (M.B. Brennan, J.W. Weiss, C.L. Klein, C.P. Leith, R. He, M.J. Oberley, G.M. Gauthier); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (B.L. Herwaldt, P.P. Wilkins); Wisconsin Division of Public Health, Madison (J.J. Kazmierczak); American Red Cross Badger–Hawkeye Blood Service Region, Madison (J.W. Weiss); American Red Cross Jerome H. Holland Laboratories for the Biomedical Sciences, Rockville, Maryland, USA (L. Tonnetti)

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Figure 1

Timelines showing key clinical and laboratory events for 2 renal transplant recipients (patients A and B) infected with Babesia microti parasites, Wisconsin, USA, 2008. Trauma, transfusions, death, and organ procurement for the organ donor all occurred on the same day in late August 2008. NPF, no parasites were found by examination of thick and thin blood smears.

Figure 1. Timelines showing key clinical and laboratory events for 2 renal transplant recipients (patients A and B) infected with Babesia microti parasites, Wisconsin, USA, 2008. Trauma, transfusions, death, and organ procurement for the organ donor all occurred on the same day in late August 2008. NPF, no parasites were found by examination of thick and thin blood smears.

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