Vertical transmission of Babesia microti, United States. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Babesiosis is usually acquired from a tick bite or through a blood transfusion. We report a case of babesiosis in an infant for whom vertical transmission was suggested by evidence of Babesia spp. antibodies in the heel-stick blood sample and confirmed by detection of Babesia spp. DNA in placenta tissue.

publication date

  • August 1, 2012

Research

keywords

  • Babesia microti
  • Babesiosis
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
  • Placenta
  • Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC3414010

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84864491943

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1097/01.pec.0000270164.78238.7d

PubMed ID

  • 22840424

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 18

issue

  • 8