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The deployment of US troops to these countries and published case reports of transmission to soldiers in endemic areas, by transfusion to infants with immature immune systems, and to individuals immunocompromised by disease or immunosuppressive therapy beckon a reexamination of blood donor deferral procedures. The length of the ongoing military conflict and the nature of exposure indicate that prior decisions regarding blood donor deferral made during the first Gulf War may no longer apply. Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom present a much greater <jats:italic>Leishmania<\/jats:italic> threat than did Operation Desert Storm. 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