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. 2005 Mar;11(3):476-8.
doi: 10.3201/eid1103.040599.

Babesia microti, upstate New York

Sarah J Kogut  1 , Charles D Thill, Melissa A Prusinski, Joon-Hak Lee, P Bryon Backerson, James L Coleman, Madhu Anand, Dennis J White
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Babesia microti, upstate New York

Sarah J Kogut et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Mar.

Abstract

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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New York State Hudson Valley region. Circles denote generalized locations of tick collection sites in close proximity to locally acquired human babesiosis cases.
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