Autochthonous Human Babesia divergens Infection, England.

Zabala, Guillermo A; Lever, Robert; Chan, Xin Hui; Bristowe, Henrietta; Kilbride, Emer; Richards, David; Daly, Mark; Brown, Michael; Johnson, Nick; Nabarro, Laura Eve; Esmail, Hanif; Godbole, Gauri; Chiodini, Peter L

Zabala, Guillermo A; Lever, Robert; Chan, Xin Hui; Bristowe, Henrietta; Kilbride, Emer; Richards, David; Daly, Mark; Brown, Michael; Johnson, Nick; Nabarro, Laura Eve; Esmail, Hanif; Godbole, Gauri; Chiodini, Peter L.

Emerg Infect Dis ; 30(10): 2165-2168, 2024 Oct.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39320329

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

We describe a case of autochthonous human Babesia divergens infection in an immunocompetent woman in England. The patient had fever, hemolysis, multiorgan failure, and 18% parasitemia. We confirmed B. divergens by 18S rDNA PCR and sequencing. Clinicians should consider babesiosis as a differential diagnosis in patients with unexplained hemolysis.

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Babesia; Babesiosis; Humans; Babesiosis/diagnosis; Babesiosis/parasitology; Babesia/genetics; Babesia/isolation & purification; Babesia/classification; Female; England; RNA, Ribosomal, 18S/genetics; Middle Aged; Phylogeny

Key words

Babesia; Babesiosis; England; United Kingdom; communicable diseases; emerging communicable diseases; hemolysis; parasites; parasitology; public health; ticks; vector-borne infections

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Babesia / Babesiosis Limits: Female / Humans / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: Europa Language: En Journal: Emerg Infect Dis Year: 2024 Document type: Article

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