Rise in Babesiosis Cases, Pennsylvania, USA, 2005-2018.

Emerging Infectious Diseases
David Ingram, Tonya Crook

Abstract

Babesiosis is an emerging infection in the state of Pennsylvania, and clinicians need to be made aware of its clinical manifestations as well as the risk factors associated with severe disease. Before 2010, our tertiary academic center in central Pennsylvania previously saw zero cases of babesiosis. We saw our first confirmed case of Babesia infection acquired in Pennsylvania in 2011; we recorded 2 confirmed cases in 2017 and 4 confirmed cases in 2018. All 4 cases from 2018 were thought to be acquired in southcentral Pennsylvania counties, whereas prior reports of cases were predominately in the southeast and northeast counties of the state.

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Aug 3, 2021·Transfusion Medicine Reviews·Toufic TannousJoseph D Sweeney
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