• Emerging Infect. Dis. · May 2009

    Case Reports

    Probable congenital babesiosis in infant, new jersey, USA.

    • Sonia Sethi, David Alcid, Hemant Kesarwala, and Robert W Tolan.
    • The Children's Hospital at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, New Jersey, USA.
    • Emerging Infect. Dis. 2009 May 1; 15 (5): 788-91.

    AbstractOnly 2 neonates with transplacentally or perinatally acquired (congenital) babesiosis have been reported. We describe a probable third congenital case of babesiosis in a 26-day-old infant; transmission was determined on the basis of a blood smear from the infant (15% parasitemia) and serologic results from the infant and mother.

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