The impact of ABO and RhD blood types on Babesia microti infection.

• Main Authors: Ryan Philip Jajosky (Author), Jane O'Bryan (Author), Anne Spichler-Moffarah (Author), Philip G Jajosky (Author), Peter J Krause (Author), Laura Tonnetti (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Babesiosis is an emerging infectious disease caused by intraerythrocytic Babesia parasites that can cause severe disease and death. While blood type is known to affect the mortality of Plasmodium falciparum malaria patients, associations between red blood cell (RBC) an...