Babesia microti, Upstate New York

Abstract

Five cases of human babesiosis were reported in the Lower Hudson Valley Region of New York State in 2001. An investigation to determine if Babesia microti was present in local Ixodes scapularis ticks yielded 5 positive pools in 123 pools tested, the first detection of B. microti from field-collected I. scapularis in upstate New York.

Keywords

• dispatch
• babesiosis
• Babesia microti
• Ixodes scapularis
• New York
• United States