Surveillance assesses Babesia infection in blood donors, indicating current prevalence in Manitoba.
Changing climate and Ixodes tick distributions have led to concerns that the epidemiology of Babesia infection in Canadian blood donors is increasing. Babesia NAT on specimens from an elevated-risk area for Babesia infection in Canada did not identify Babesia-positive blood donors.
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