<i><scp>B</scp>abesia microti</i> real‐time polymerase chain reaction testing of <scp>C</scp>onnecticut blood donors: potential implications for screening algorithms

Abstract

We prospectively identified several real-time PCR-positive blood donors, including an IFA-negative real-time PCR-positive donor, in an area highly endemic for B. microti. These results suggest the need to include nucleic acid testing in planned mitigation strategies for B. microti.