Distribution and survival of Borrelia miyamotoi in human blood components.

CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrated that B. miyamotoi can survive standard storage conditions of most human blood components, suggesting the possibility of transmission by blood transfusion. PMID: 26689144 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26689144?dopt=Abstract

Source: Transfusion - December 21, 2015 Category: Hematology Authors: Thorp AM, Tonnetti L Tags: Transfusion Source Type: research