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The data and information presented in this web site are presented in good faith and believed to be accurate regarding Lyme disease (commonly misspelled lymes disease lyme's disease lime disease limes disease) and other related diseases. Any and all liability for the content or any omissions including any inaccuracies, errors, or misstatements in such data or information is expressly disclaimed. The web site is compiled for the sole purpose of informing community members of resources and information pertaining to Lyme Borreliosis Disease and its coinfections. Lyme disease symptoms may vary from person to person.
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Consult a qualified Lyme ( Borreliosis ) Disease literate doctor for medical advice if Lyme Disease is suspect.
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Canadian Blood Services:
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"No policy"
American Red Cross:
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"Lyme disease - If this is a chronic condition you cannot donate. If you
were treated with antibiotics and completely recovered, you can donate 12
months after the last dose of antiobiotics was taken."
"Those who have had infections with Chagas Disease, babesiosis or
leishmaniasis are not eligible to donate blood."
UCSF Blood Center
- "Permanent Deferrals -
The following conditions would permanently disqualify an individual as an
allogenic or designated blood donor...Brucellosis/Babesiosis...Lyme
Disease"
NY Blood Center (pdf file)
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"Lyme Disease - 1)If no signs of symptoms: Defer until treatment is
completed. 2) If signs or symptoms: Defer for six months whether or
not treatment was received".
Medical Literature:
see Canadian Blood Supply - babesiosis
Transfusion-transmitted tick-borne infections: a cornucopia of
threats
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"Despite the present unavailability of screening assays, some form of
serologic and nucleic acid testing may be justified for the Babesia. Given
that interactions between humans and ticks are likely to increase in the
future, vigilance is required as new and extant tick-borne agents pose
potential threats to transfusion safety."
Risk and prevention of transfusion-transmitted babesiosis and other
tick-borne diseases.
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"The risk of transfusion-transmitted babesiosis is higher than usually
appreciated and in endemic areas represents a major threat to the blood
supply."
Tick-borne diseases in transfusion medicine
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"The transmission of tick-borne pathogens via blood transfusion is of
global concern."
CDC- Blood Safety and Tick-Borne Illnesses
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"At least 21 reported cases of babesiosis, mostly caused by Babesia
microti but also by the more recently recognized WA1-type Babesia
parasite, have been transmitted by transfusion of blood from asymptomatic
infected blood donors."
Transfusion-Associated Babesiosis after Heart Transplant
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"Our experiences with this patient suggest that babesiosis should be
considered in the differential diagnosis of transplant patients who have
fever and hemolytic anemia."
Emergence of lyme arthritis after autologous chondrocyte
transplantation
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"The possibility of a dormant borrelial infection should be considered in
patients who undergo repair of cartilage defects with autologous
chondrocyte transplantation."
Survival of Borrelia burgdorferi in blood products
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"The results of this study do not exclude the possibility of transmission
of Lyme disease through blood transfusion."
Prevalence of Erythema migrans Borreliosis in blood donors
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"Though further research is required to document a transfusion-transmitted
Borrelia infection, infected persons should be treated to avoid serious or
late manifestations."
Survival of Borrelia burgdorferi in human blood stored under blood banking
conditions
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"It is concluded that B. burgdorferi may survive storage under blood
banking conditions and that transfusion-related Lyme disease is
theoretically possible."
Borrelia burgdorferi: survival in experimentally infected human blood
processed for transfusion
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"However, the possibility of survival of B. burgdorferi under blood
banking conditions warrants a heightened awareness of this potential
problem."
Current concepts on the transmission of bacteria and parasites by blood
components
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"This review deals with the main bacterial (Syphilis, Lyme disease, Gram
positive and Gram negative agents), parasite (Chagas disease, malaria,
leishmaniasis, toxoplasmosis and babesiosis) and rickettsial diseases that
are carried by blood products."
Babesiosis in a renal transplant recipient acquired through blood
transfusion
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"Transplant patients may contract babesiosis after tick exposure and/or
via blood transfusion. The diagnosis of babesiosis may be confused with
malaria and should be included in the differential diagnosis of
posttransplant hemolytic-uremic syndrome in organ transplant patients."
Retrospective study of a borreliosis infected blood donor
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"In a follow-up of 14 recipients of blood products donated by such a
donor, no clinical signs or serologic evidence of a
transfusion-transmitted borreliosis could be demonstrated."
Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi antibodies in Hamburg blood
donors
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"Introduction of B. burgdorferi antibody screening is not regarded an
effective means to prevent transfusion-transmitted Lyme disease."
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