title: Babesiosis among elderly Medicare beneficiaries, United States, 2006-2008.
abstract: We used administrative databases to assess babesiosis among elderly persons in the United States by year, sex, age, race, state of residence, and diagnosis months during 2006-2008. The highest babesiosis rates were in Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, and Massachusetts, and findings suggested babesiosis expansion to other states.
authors.affiliation: Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, MD 20852, USA. mikhail.menis@fda.hhs.gov
authors.forename: Mikhail
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Menis
authors.forename: Steven A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Hector S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Izurieta
authors.forename: Sanjai
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Dale R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Burwen
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gibbs
authors.forename: Garner
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kropp
authors.forename: Tugce
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Erten
authors.forename: Thomas E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Macurdy
authors.forename: Christopher M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Worrall
authors.forename: Jeffrey A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Kelman
authors.forename: Mark O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Walderhaug
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001404:Babesiosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D006278:Medicare; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology