The first case of locally acquired tick-borne Babesia microti infection in Canada.

Author:

Bullard, J, Ahsanuddin, A, Perry, AM, Lindsay, LR, Iranpour, M, Dibernardo, A, and Van Caeseele, PG

Publication type:

Journal Article

Publication date:

2014-11

Journal/Series title:

Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol.

Volume:

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URL:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4277163/

Abstract:

A child with a complicated medical history that included asplenia acquired an infection with Babesia microti in the summer of 2013 and had not travelled outside of Manitoba. The present case represents the first known instance of tick-borne B microti, both in Manitoba and in Canada.