Incidental identification of neonatal babesiosis: a case report

• Main Authors: Samiksha Tarun (Author), Ian A. Mellis (Author), Abdullah Kilic (Author), Daniel A. Green (Author), Makoto Tokiwa (Author), Gregory J. Berry (Author), Fann Wu (Author), Shivang S. Shah (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Evaluation of suspected neonatal sepsis rarely considers diagnostic workup for vector-borne illnesses, as these are generally infrequent etiologies in the febrile neonate. Babesiosis -- a zoonosis caused by apicomplexan parasites of the genus Babesia and spread to humans by the I...