Reports from Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) College of Medicine and Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Add New Data to Findings in Borrelia burgdorferi (Beyond Human Babesiosis: Prevalence and Association of babesia coinfection...).

A study conducted by Pennsylvania State University and Milton S. Hershey Medical Center examined the prevalence of Babesia coinfection in tick-borne zoonoses and its association with mortality. The research, which analyzed over 3,000 patients with babesiosis in the United States, found that 4 in 10 patients had coinfecting tick-borne zoonoses, with the highest prevalence rates seen with Borrelia burgdorferi. The study suggested that coinfection with other tick-borne infections was not associated with severe disease, possibly due to the treatment with doxycycline. Further research is needed to explore the therapeutic benefits of doxycycline in babesiosis patients. [Extracted from the article]