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Volume 22, Number 8—August 2016
Dispatch

Human Babesiosis, Bolivia, 2013

Simona Gabrielli, Valentina Totino, Fabio Macchioni, Freddy Zuñiga, Patricia Rojas, Yuni Lara, Mimmo Roselli, Alessandro BartoloniComments to Author , and Gabriella Cancrini
Author affiliations: Università “Sapienza” di Roma, Rome, Italy (S. Gabrielli, V. Totino, G. Cancrini); Università degli Studi di Pisa, Pisa, Italy (F. Macchioni); Distrito de Salud Cordillera, Santa Cruz, Bolivia (F. Zuñiga, P. Rojas); Hospital S. Antonio de Los Sauces, Monteagudo, Bolivia (Y. Lara); Università di Firenze, Florence, Italy (M. Roselli, A. Bartoloni)

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Table

Babesia microti results from microscopy, PCR, and serology in persons living in 2 rural communities, southeastern Bolivia, 2013

Age group, y No. positive/no. examined (%)
Bartolo
Ivamirapinta
Microscopy and PCR IFAT Microscopy and PCR IFAT
1–10 2/29 (6.9) 3/9 (33.3) 1/21(4.7) 5/6 (83.3)
11–20 1/16 (6.2) 1/3 (33.3) 0/42 (0) 3/10 (30)
21–30 1/23 (4.3) 7/7 (100) 1/15 (6.6) 1/3 (33.3)
31–40 0/19 (0) 3/4 (75) 1/21 (4.7) 2/3 (66.6)
41–50 0/11 (0) 0/2 (0) 0/13 (0) 3/4 (75)
51–60 1/11 (9.0) 2/8 (25) 0/13 (0) 2/6 (33)
61–70 0/10 (0) 5/10 (50.0) 1/15 (6.6) 4/11 (36.4)
>70
0/4 (0)
1/4 (25)

0/8 (0)
1/4 (25)
Total 5/123 (4.1) 22/47 (46.8) 4/148 (2.7) 21/47 (44.7)

*IFAT, indirect fluorescent antibody test.

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