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 I. scapularis in upstate New York.
Kogut
Sarah J
SJ
New York State Department of Health, Troy, New York, USA.
Thill
Charles D
CD
Prusinski
Melissa A
MA
Lee
Joon-Hak
JH
Backerson
P Bryon
PB
Coleman
James L
JL
Anand
Madhu
M
White
Dennis J
DJ
D000818:Animals; D001096:Arachnid Vectors / Q000469:parasitology*; D041001:Babesia microti / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001404:Babesiosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D018884:Ixodes / Q000469:parasitology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009518:New York / Q000453:epidemiology