Acute Babesiosis Caused byBabesia divergensin a Resident of Kentucky
- 29 August 2002
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 347 (9) , 697-698
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm200208293470921
Abstract
Babesia divergens is the primary cause of human babesiosis in Europe, resulting in fatality rates of 42 percent among persons who have undergone splenectomy and 5 percent among persons with intact spleens.1 The known vector tick, Ixodes ricinus, 2 is not indigenous to North America. We report what we believe to be the first human case of babesiosis caused by B. divergens in North America.Keywords
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