Lyme Disease, Anaplasmosis, and Babesiosis, Atlantic Canada

Emerg Infect Dis. 2022 Jun;28(6):1292-1294. doi: 10.3201/eid2806.220443.

Abstract

In July 2021, a PCR-confirmed case of locally acquired Babesia microti infection was reported in Atlantic Canada. Clinical features were consistent with babesiosis and resolved after treatment. In a region where Lyme disease and anaplasmosis are endemic, the occurrence of babesiosis emphasizes the need to enhance surveillance of tickborne infections.

Keywords: Atlantic Canada; Borrelia burgdorferi; Ixodes scapularis; Nova Scotia; babesia; babesiosis; bacteria; case; erythrocyte; tickborne diseases; ticks; vector-borne infections.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anaplasma phagocytophilum*
  • Anaplasmosis* / diagnosis
  • Anaplasmosis* / drug therapy
  • Anaplasmosis* / epidemiology
  • Animals
  • Babesia microti*
  • Babesiosis* / diagnosis
  • Babesiosis* / drug therapy
  • Babesiosis* / epidemiology
  • Borrelia burgdorferi*
  • Canada / epidemiology
  • Ixodes*
  • Lyme Disease* / diagnosis
  • Lyme Disease* / epidemiology