Human Babesiosis, Bolivia, 2013

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Gabrielli, Simona ; Totino, Valentina ; Macchioni, Fabio ; Zuñiga, Freddy ; Rojas, Patricia ; Lara, Yuni ; Roselli, Mimmo ; Bartoloni, Alessandro ; Cancrini, Gabriella
• Description:
  To investigate human babesiosis in the Bolivian Chaco, in 2013 we tested blood samples from 271 healthy persons living in 2 rural communities in this region. Microscopy and PCR indicated that 3.3% of persons were positive for Babesia microti parasites (US lineage); seroprevalence was 45.7%. Appropriate screening should mitigate the risk for transfusion-associated babesiosis.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Antigens, Protozoan Babesia Microti Babesiosis Child Child, Preschool Cross-Sectional Studies Female Humans Infant Male Middle Aged Young Adult

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 22(8):1445-1447.
• Pubmed ID:
  27434696
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4982153
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Dispatch
• Place as Subject:
  Bolivia
• Volume:
  22
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:7709539d2e95b63e7bf4fd84470545d90fa43fe616bac0d7518fb959bf418a27
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/40839/cdc_40839_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 625.70 KB ]