Human Babesiosis, Yucatán State, Mexico, 2015

Abstract

In 2015, we detected clinical cases of babesiosis caused by Babesia microti in Yucatán State, Mexico. Cases occurred in 4 children from a small town who became ill during the same month. Diagnosis was confirmed using conventional PCR followed by sequencing of the DNA fragment obtained.

Keywords

• Babesia microti
• tick-borne diseases
• babesiosis
• Mexico
• vector-borne infections
• protozoa