TY - JOUR AU - Menis, Mikhail AU - Anderson, Steven AU - Izurieta, Hector AU - Kumar, Sanjai AU - Burwen, Dale AU - Gibbs, Jonathan AU - Kropp, Garner AU - Erten, Tugce AU - MaCurdy, Thomas AU - Worrall, Christopher AU - Kelman, Jeffrey AU - Walderhaug, Mark T1 - Babesiosis among Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries, United States, 2006–2008 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2012 VL - 18 IS - 1 SP - 128 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We used administrative databases to assess babesiosis among elderly persons in the United States by year, sex, age, race, state of residence, and diagnosis months during 2006–2008. The highest babesiosis rates were in Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, and Massachusetts, and findings suggested babesiosis expansion to other states. KW - KW - vector-borne infections KW - zoonoses KW - babesiosis KW - parasites KW - ICD-9-CM code KW - elderly KW - protozoan KW - Medicare KW - administrative databases KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid1801.110305 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/1/11-0305_article ER - End of Reference