1. Human Babesiosis, Maine, USA, 1995–2011
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Bayan Missaghi, Catherine M. Hayes, Timothy J. Borelli, Charles B. Lubelczyk, Michael S. Coulter, Peter W. Rand, Susan P. Elias, Robert A. Kessler, Robert P. Smith, Brian J. York, and Eleanor H. Lacombe
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Microbiology (medical) ,Time Factors ,Epidemiology ,vector-borne infections ,lcsh:Medicine ,BABESIA MICROTI ,Tick ,Babesia microti ,Babesia odocoilei ,lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases ,Lyme disease ,blacklegged tick ,Babesiosis ,parasitic diseases ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,lcsh:RC109-216 ,Maine ,Population Density ,black-legged tick ,Ixodes ,biology ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,lcsh:R ,Dispatch ,Borrelia Burgdorferi Infection ,bacterial infections and mycoses ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,Infectious Diseases ,Ixodes scapularis ,Immunology ,Arachnid Vectors ,deer tick - Abstract
We observed an increase in the ratio of pathogenic Babesia microti to B. odocoilei in adult Ixodes scapularis ticks in Maine. Risk for babesiosis was associated with adult tick abundance, Borrelia burgdorferi infection prevalence, and Lyme disease incidence. Our findings may help track risk and increase the focus on blood supply screening.
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- 2014
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