Probable Congenital Babesiosis in Infant, New Jersey, USA

Only 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 resul...

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Autores principales: Sethi, Sonia, Alcid, David, Kesarwala, Hemant, Tolan, Robert W.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2687033/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19402971
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1505.070808
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author Sethi, Sonia
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description Only 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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spelling pubmed-26870332009-05-28 Probable Congenital Babesiosis in Infant, New Jersey, USA Sethi, Sonia Alcid, David Kesarwala, Hemant Tolan, Robert W. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Only 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009-05 /pmc/articles/PMC2687033/ /pubmed/19402971 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1505.070808 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Probable Congenital Babesiosis in Infant, New Jersey, USA
title Probable Congenital Babesiosis in Infant, New Jersey, USA
title_full Probable Congenital Babesiosis in Infant, New Jersey, USA
title_fullStr Probable Congenital Babesiosis in Infant, New Jersey, USA
title_full_unstemmed Probable Congenital Babesiosis in Infant, New Jersey, USA
title_short Probable Congenital Babesiosis in Infant, New Jersey, USA
title_sort probable congenital babesiosis in infant, new jersey, usa
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2687033/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19402971
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1505.070808
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