Babesia divergens in human in Gansu province, China

Emerg Microbes Infect. 2019;8(1):959-961. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2019.1635431.

Abstract

Human babesiosis is an important tick-borne infectious disease. We investigated human babesiosis in the Gansu province and found that it is prevalent in this area with a prevalence of 1.3%. Results of gene sequencings indicate that 1.3% of patients were positive for Babesia divergens. This initial report of human B. divergens infections in Gansu Province should raise awareness of human babesiosis.

Keywords: Babesia divergens; China; Gansu; Human babesiosis; prevalence.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Babesia / classification
  • Babesia / genetics
  • Babesia / isolation & purification*
  • Babesiosis / parasitology*
  • Babesiosis / transmission
  • Bites and Stings / parasitology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Phylogeny
  • Tibet
  • Ticks / parasitology
  • Ticks / physiology

Grants and funding

This study was financially supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (2017YFD0501200); ASTIP (CAAS-ASTIP-2016-LVRI); 973 Program (2015CB150300); Jiangsu Co-innovation Center Program for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Disease and Zoonose; and the Cuiying Scientific and Technological Innovation Program of Lanzhou University Second Hospital.