Vertical Transmission of Babesia microti, United States

Babesiosis 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 ti...

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Autores principales: Joseph, Julie T., Purtill, Kerry, Wong, Susan J., Munoz, Jose, Teal, Allen, Madison-Antenucci, Susan, Horowitz, Harold W., Aguero-Rosenfeld, Maria E., Moore, Julie M., Abramowsky, Carlos, Wormser, Gary P.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3414010/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22840424
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1808.110988
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author Joseph, Julie T.
Purtill, Kerry
Wong, Susan J.
Munoz, Jose
Teal, Allen
Madison-Antenucci, Susan
Horowitz, Harold W.
Aguero-Rosenfeld, Maria E.
Moore, Julie M.
Abramowsky, Carlos
Wormser, Gary P.
author_facet Joseph, Julie T.
Purtill, Kerry
Wong, Susan J.
Munoz, Jose
Teal, Allen
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Moore, Julie M.
Abramowsky, Carlos
Wormser, Gary P.
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description Babesiosis 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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spelling pubmed-34140102012-08-21 Vertical Transmission of Babesia microti, United States Joseph, Julie T. Purtill, Kerry Wong, Susan J. Munoz, Jose Teal, Allen Madison-Antenucci, Susan Horowitz, Harold W. Aguero-Rosenfeld, Maria E. Moore, Julie M. Abramowsky, Carlos Wormser, Gary P. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Babesiosis 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012-08 /pmc/articles/PMC3414010/ /pubmed/22840424 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1808.110988 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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Purtill, Kerry
Wong, Susan J.
Munoz, Jose
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Horowitz, Harold W.
Aguero-Rosenfeld, Maria E.
Moore, Julie M.
Abramowsky, Carlos
Wormser, Gary P.
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