Autochthonous Human Babesia divergens Infection, England

We describe a case of autochthonous human Babesia divergens infection in an immunocompetent woman in England. The patient had fever, hemolysis, multiorgan failure, and 18% parasitemia. We confirmed B. divergens by 18S rDNA PCR and sequencing. Clinicians should consider babesiosis as a differential d...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases 2024-10, Vol.30 (10), p.2165-2168
Hauptverfasser:	Zabala, Guillermo A, Lever, Robert, Chan, Xin Hui, Bristowe, Henrietta, Kilbride, Emer, Richards, David, Daly, Mark, Brown, Michael, Johnson, Nick, Nabarro, Laura Eve, Esmail, Hanif, Godbole, Gauri, Chiodini, Peter L
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Autochthonous Human Babesia - classification Babesia - genetics Babesia - isolation & purification Babesiosis Babesiosis - diagnosis Babesiosis - parasitology Case studies communicable diseases Diagnosis Disease transmission Dispatch England Female Health aspects Hemolysis and hemolysins Humans Infection, England Medical research Medicine, Experimental Middle Aged parasites Phylogeny Physiological aspects RNA, Ribosomal, 18S - genetics ticks United Kingdom vector-borne infections
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Zusammenfassung:	We describe a case of autochthonous human Babesia divergens infection in an immunocompetent woman in England. The patient had fever, hemolysis, multiorgan failure, and 18% parasitemia. We confirmed B. divergens by 18S rDNA PCR and sequencing. Clinicians should consider babesiosis as a differential diagnosis in patients with unexplained hemolysis.
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid3010.240866