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.