We report a case of severe babesiosis caused by the bovine pathogen Babesia divergens with the development of multisystem failure in a splenic host. Immunosuppression other than splenectomy can also predispose people to B. divergens. There was heavy multiple invasion of up to 14 parasites inside the erythrocyte, which had not been previously observed even in asplenic hosts. The piroplasm 18S rRNA sequence from our patient was identical B. divergens EU lineage with identity 99.5-100%.
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Sechenov Univ, Martsinovsky Inst Med Parasitol Trop & Vector Bor, Moscow, RussiaSechenov Univ, Martsinovsky Inst Med Parasitol Trop & Vector Bor, Moscow, Russia
Kukina, Irina, V
Zelya, Olga P.
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Sechenov Univ, Martsinovsky Inst Med Parasitol Trop & Vector Bor, Moscow, RussiaSechenov Univ, Martsinovsky Inst Med Parasitol Trop & Vector Bor, Moscow, Russia
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Univ Pretoria, Dept Paraclin Sci, Fac Vet Sci, Onderstepoort, South AfricaUniv Pretoria, Dept Paraclin Sci, Fac Vet Sci, Onderstepoort, South Africa
Clift, Sarah Jane
Leisewitz, Andrew Lambert
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Univ Pretoria, Dept Compan Anim Clin Studies, Fac Vet Sci, Onderstepoort, South AfricaUniv Pretoria, Dept Paraclin Sci, Fac Vet Sci, Onderstepoort, South Africa
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Emory Univ, Dept Pathol, Atlanta, GA 30322 USA
Biconcavity Inc, Lilburn, GA USAEmory Univ, Dept Pathol, Atlanta, GA 30322 USA
Jajosky, R. P.
Jajosky, A. N.
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Case Western Reserve Univ, Dept Pathol, Univ Hosp Cleveland Med Ctr, Cleveland, OH 44106 USAEmory Univ, Dept Pathol, Atlanta, GA 30322 USA
Jajosky, A. N.
Jajosky, P. G.
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Biconcavity Inc, Lilburn, GA USA
Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, USPHS Commissioned Corps, Atlanta, GA USAEmory Univ, Dept Pathol, Atlanta, GA 30322 USA