@article{705bfe9253264573a917682b9c8cf49f,
title = "A confirmed Ehrlichia ewingii infection likely acquired through platelet transfusion",
abstract = "Ehrlichiosis is a tick-borne disease that ranges in severity from asymptomatic infection to fatal sepsis. Ehrlichiosis acquired from transfusion of blood products has not been documented in the literature to date. A case of Ehrlichia ewingii infection likely transmitted by transfusion of leukoreduced platelets is described, and public health implications are discussed.",
keywords = "ehrlichiosis, leukoreduction, tick-borne, transfusion",
author = "Joanna Regan and James Matthias and Audrey Green-Murphy and Danielle Stanek and Marsha Bertholf and Pritt, {Bobbi S.} and Sloan, {Lynne M.} and Kelly, {Aubree J.} and Joseph Singleton and McQuiston, {Jennifer H.} and Hocevar, {Susan N.} and Whittle, {John P.}",
note = "Funding Information: Financial support. This study/report was supported by an appointment to the Applied Epidemiology Fellowship Program, administered by the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (to J. M.), and by the CDC (cooperative agreement number 5U38HM000414). Potential conflicts of interest. All authors: No reported conflicts.",
year = "2013",
month = jun,
day = "15",
doi = "10.1093/cid/cit177",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "56",
pages = "e105--e107",
journal = "Clinical Infectious Diseases",
issn = "1058-4838",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "12",
}