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

doi:10.3201/eid1103.040599

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

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	476-478
Number of pages	3
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	11
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1103.040599
State	Published - Mar 2005

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