Serosurvey for human babesiosis in New York

M. R. Filstein; J. L. Benach; D. J. White; B. A. Brody; W. D. Goldman; C. W. Bakal; R. S. Schwartz

doi:10.1093/infdis/141.4.518

Serosurvey for human babesiosis in New York

M. R. Filstein
, J. L. Benach
, D. J. White
, B. A. Brody
, W. D. Goldman
, C. W. Bakal
, R. S. Schwartz

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Healthy individuals at high risk of exposure to ticks were surveyed to determine the prevalence and incidence of asymptomatic babesiosis on Shelter Island, New York, during a single transmission season. Paired sera obtained in June and October 1978 were tested for antibodies to Babesia microti by indirect immunofluorescence. Point prevalence values of 4.4% in June and 6.9% in October were obtained. Six of 102 persons tested in both months showed at least a fourfold rise in titer of antibodies to B. microti (an incidence of 5.9% for the season). None of 300 serum specimens obtained from the New York City metropolitan area had significant titers to B. microti. Of the six persons who seroconverted, four gave a history of tick bite during the transmission season; three of the four persons claimed to recognize the tick as an Ixodes dammini, the vector for B. microti.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	518-521
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume	141
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/141.4.518
State	Published - 1980

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