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Robert P. Smith, MD, MPH; Arthur T. Evans, MD; Mark Popovsky, MD; Letha Mills, MD; Andrew Spielman, ScD

JAMA. 1986;256(19):2726-2727.

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HUMAN babesiosis is a zoonosis characterized by fever, malaise, and hemolytic anemia. In the United States, the disease is generally caused by the species Babesia microti, a protozoan parasite of rodents, and is transmitted by Ixodes dammini, the northern deer tick.¹ Most of the 200 known cases of human babesiosis in the United States followed exposure to I dammini on the coastal islands of the Northeast, particularly Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, and Shelter Island, New York. Asymptomatic infections occur frequently² and create potential for transmission of infection through blood donation.^3-6 Recently the range of I dammini, which is also the principal vector of Lyme disease, has increased dramatically, with a resulting increase in the incidence of human babesiosis and Lyme disease.⁷

Herein we report the first case of babesiosis acquired in New Hampshire and cite evidence indicating that the infection was transfusion acquired. This case also documents . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Medicine (Dr Evans), Dartmouth Medical School (Drs Smith and Mills), Hanover, NH; the American Red Cross, Boston (Dr Popovsky); and the Department of Tropical Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston (Dr Spielman).

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