October 20, 2017

Neonatal Babesiosis: Transfusion Risk in Premature Infants Can a single blood donor transmit infection to multiple newborns? Neonatal babesiosis is a rare but serious threat—particularly in premature infants receiving transfusions. Researchers at Yale School of Medicine described three premature infants in one neonatal intensive care unit who contracted Babesia from a single 24-year-old donor. The […]