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It has been found that in North America, the ixodid tick Ixodes scapularis is the primary vector of the agents of the Lyme disease, human granulocytic anaplasmosis,
human babesiosis, relapsing fever and Powassan virus.
Although it is famous for animal disease but
human babesiosis is appealing increased attention as evolving global Zoonosis.
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BOSTON -- The spirochete that causes Lyme disease in humans may be lending a helping hand to the weaker protozoan that causes babesiosis, escalating the rate of
human babesiosis cases in regions where both are endemic.
"The spiral-shaped bacterium that causes Lyme disease is perhaps the best known microbe transmitted by ticks; however, ticks also transmit infectious agents that cause
human babesiosis, anaplasmosis, encephalitis, and other diseases.
The Health Care Professional's Guide to the Treatment and Diagnosis of
Human Babesiosis. Tampa, FL: Hope Academic Press; 2006.
Human babesiosis mostly occurs in USA, but cases have also been reported in several European countries.
The blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis), vector for Lyme disease, human anaplasmosis, and
human babesiosis, was found in almost every collecting locality in Harpers Ferry within Jefferson county.
Krause and Edouard Vannier, a colleague at Tufts University School of Medicine, published a comprehensive review of
human babesiosis in this week's edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.