Vertical transmission of Babesia microti, United States.

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.

SUBMITTER: Joseph JT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3414010 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature