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To the Editor: We describe a case of acute Babesia microti infection temporally associated with hepatitis C virus (HCV) seroconversion in a blood donor in Connecticut. Blood donated on July 9, 1999, tested negative for all markers of infectious diseases for which donated blood is routinely screened. However, as part of a study, this donation and a follow-up specimen from August 6, 1999, tested positive for antibodies against B. microti, and the follow-up specimens subsequently tested positive for B. microti by nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR).

The donor, a resident of southeastern Connecticut, worked as a medical technologist. In September . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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