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How do you get babesiosis?
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Ticks: Babesia is an intraerythrocytic protozoan similar to malaria that is acquired by tick bite in specific endemic areas. It can also be transmitted by blood transfusion.
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Babesiosis: Babesiosis is an illness that can be spread when nymphs or adult ticks carrying a protozoan called babesia bite a human being. This is not a common infection in humans ; is found only in very specific geographic locations.
Answered 1/5/2019
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