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