• Emerging Infect. Dis. · Aug 2012

    Case Reports

    Vertical transmission of Babesia microti, United States.

    • Julie T Joseph, Kerry Purtill, Susan J Wong, Jose Munoz, Allen Teal, Susan Madison-Antenucci, Harold W Horowitz, Maria E Aguero-Rosenfeld, Julie M Moore, Carlos Abramowsky, and Gary P Wormser.
    • New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York 10595, USA. julie_joseph@nymc.edu
    • Emerging Infect. Dis. 2012 Aug 1; 18 (8): 1318-21.

    AbstractBabesiosis is usually acquired from a tick bite or through a blood transfusion. We report a case of babesiosis in an infant for whom vertical transmission was suggested by evidence of Babesia spp. antibodies in the heel-stick blood sample and confirmed by detection of Babesia spp. DNA in placenta tissue.

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