Babesia microti, Upstate New York
- Sarah J. Kogut
- Charles D. Thill
- Melissa A. Prusinski
- Joon-Hak Lee
- P. Bryon Backenson
- James L. Coleman
- Madhu Anand
- Dennis J. White
Publication date
March 2005
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Journal
Emerging Infectious DiseasesAbstract
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
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