Babesia microti, upstate New York

Babesia microti, upstate New York

Five cases of human babesiosis were reported in the Lower Hudson Valley Region of New York State in 2001. An investigation to determine if Babesia microti was present in local Ixodes scapularis ticks yielded 5 positive pools in 123 pools tested, the first detection of B. microti from field-collected...

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Veröffentlicht in:Emerging infectious diseases 2005-03, Vol.11 (3), p.476-478
Hauptverfasser: Kogut, Sarah J, Thill, Charles D, Prusinski, Melissa A, Lee, Joon-Hak, Backerson, P Bryon, Coleman, James L, Anand, Madhu, White, Dennis J
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animals
Arachnid Vectors - parasitology
Babesia microti
Babesia microti - genetics
Babesia microti - isolation & purification
Babesiosis
Babesiosis - epidemiology
Dispatch
Humans
Ixodes - parasitology
Ixodes scapularis
Molecular Sequence Data
New York
New York - epidemiology
Protozoan diseases
United States
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Zusammenfassung:Five cases of human babesiosis were reported in the Lower Hudson Valley Region of New York State in 2001. An investigation to determine if Babesia microti was present in local Ixodes scapularis ticks yielded 5 positive pools in 123 pools tested, the first detection of B. microti from field-collected I. scapularis in upstate New York.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid1103.040599