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Autochthonous Human Babesiosis Caused by Babesia venatorum, the Netherlands

Spoorenberg, Niekie ; Köhler, Clara F. ; Vermeulen, Evelien ; Jurriaans, Suzanne ; Cornelissen, Marion ; Persson, Kristina E.M. LU ; van Doorn, Iris ; Sprong, Hein ; Hovius, Joppe W. and Zonneveld, Rens (2024) In Emerging Infectious Diseases 30(9). p.1934-1938
Abstract
Severe babesiosis with 9.8% parasitemia was diagnosed in a patient in the Netherlands who had previously undergone splenectomy. We confirmed Babesia venatorum using PCR and sequencing. B. venatorum was also the most prevalent species in Ixodes ricinus ticks collected around the patient's home. Our findings warrant awareness for severe babesiosis in similar patients.
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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30
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9
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1934 - 1938
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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  • pmid:39174031
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1080-6040
DOI
10.3201/eid3009.240556
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English
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  abstract     = {{Severe babesiosis with 9.8% parasitemia was diagnosed in a patient in the Netherlands who had previously undergone splenectomy. We confirmed Babesia venatorum using PCR and sequencing. B. venatorum was also the most prevalent species in Ixodes ricinus ticks collected around the patient's home. Our findings warrant awareness for severe babesiosis in similar patients.}},
  author       = {{Spoorenberg, Niekie and Köhler, Clara F. and Vermeulen, Evelien and Jurriaans, Suzanne and Cornelissen, Marion and Persson, Kristina E.M. and van Doorn, Iris and Sprong, Hein and Hovius, Joppe W. and Zonneveld, Rens}},
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  publisher    = {{Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)}},
  series       = {{Emerging Infectious Diseases}},
  title        = {{Autochthonous Human Babesiosis Caused by Babesia venatorum, the Netherlands}},
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  doi          = {{10.3201/eid3009.240556}},
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