Babesiosis is an emerging tick-borne disease caused by intraerythrocytic protozoa that are
primarily transmitted by hard-bodied (ixodid) ticks and rarely through blood transfusion …

Background Babesiosis is a parasitic vector-borne disease of increasing public health
importance. Since the first human case was reported in 1957, zoonotic species have been …

The heightened worldwide recognition of the health burden of tickborne infection derives
largely from the increasing incidence of Lyme disease, human babesiosis, and human …

Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease, and Babesia microti, a causative
agent of babesiosis, are increasingly implicated in the growing tick-borne disease burden in …

Objectives Prompt antibiotic treatment of early stage Lyme borreliosis (LB) prevents
progression to severe multisystem disease. There is a clinical need to improve the …

This study aimed to demonstrate that severe neurological motor deficits in the context of late
tick-borne disease with mixed microorganism involvement are eligible for long-term …

To date, 14 tick-borne diseases have been reported in international travellers, the majority of
cases being Lyme borreliosis caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in North America …

Cats that spend time outdoors and dogs are particularly at risk of exposure to ticks and the
pathogens they transmit. A retrospective study on data collected through passive tick …

1574 JAMC• 30 MAI 2000; 162 (11) munodot assay) are more likely to produce a false-
positive result than a true-positive result. 14 The more specific second-step test, Western …

BABESIOSIS HAS ONLY RECENTLY BEEN REPORTED in Canada, but a number of
transfusion-transmitted cases of this infection have been reported from the United States. We …