A 59-year-old man presented to The Toronto Hospital on July 27, 1997, because of fever.
His travel history included a trip to Nantucket, Mass., 6 weeks before presentation and to …

A 59-year-old man from Toronto, Canada, with a history of erythema surrounding a lesion on
his arm that had resolved after 2-3 days, followed by a 2-day episode of fever, sweats, chills …

Babesiosis is a malaria-like illness caused by a species of Babesia, an intraerythrocytic
parasite. Fever, chills, headache, and hemolytic anemia are common, and diagnosis is …

A 31-year-old woman with sickle cell anaemia, originally from Togo, presented in June 1995
with complaints of fever and rigors. She had travelled to Togo in March 1995. A peripheral …

A summer resident of Shelter Island, New England, was admitted to hospital with a history of
sore throat, fever and haemoptysis; splenectomy had been done the year before after a car …

Discussion Humans are opportunistic hosts to Babesia when bitten by nymph or adult ticks;
the most known ticks are Ixodes. Babesiosis should be considered in patients who have a …

Although Lyme disease has been endemic to parts of the Lower Hudson Valley of New York,
United States, for> 2 decades, babesiosis has emerged there only since 2001. The number …

A 48-year-old woman was bitten by a tick on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, and
developed a fever. Babesia microti were recognized in her erythrocytes. Transmission to …

Tick-borne diseases are frequently seen in tick-inhabited areas. Lyme disease is the most
common tick-borne illness. However, patients with co-infections can present with nonspecific …

Babesiosis, due to infection by a tick-borne protozoan (predominantly Babesia microti in
North America), is an emerging health risk that is expanding into new areas and may be …