B. microti has been transmitted through blood transfusion in Connec-ticut (8). Blood collection agencies in southwestern Connecticut and adjacent Westchester County, New York, should be aware of the possibility that blood donors could be infected with this pathogen. Physicians should also be alert to the possibility that patients could be coinfected with the etiologic agents of Lyme disease or ...

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