First Documented Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi Infection through Blood Transfusion in a Child with Sickle-Cell Disease in Belgium
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1 Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Hôpital Universitaire des Enfants Reine Fabiola, Brussels, Belgium, 2 Service du Sang, Belgian Red Cross, Brussels, Belgium, 3 Hemato-oncology Department, Hôpital Universitaire des Enfants Reine Fabiola, Brussels, Belgium, 4 Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, 5 Laboratory of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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Correction: First Documented Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi Infection through Blood Transfusion in a Child with Sickle-Cell Disease in Belgium
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