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Volume 24, Number 8—August 2018
Dispatch

Probable Locally Acquired Babesia divergens–Like Infection in Woman, Michigan, USA

Erica HercComments to Author , Bobbi Pritt, Taylor Huizenga, Richard Douce, Matthew Hysell, Duane Newton, Jennifer Sidge, Eve Losman, John Sherbeck, and Daniel R. Kaul
Author affiliations: Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA (E. Herc); Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA (B. Pritt); Michigan State College of Osteopathic Medicine, East Lansing, Michigan, USA (T. Huizenga); Lakeland Healthcare, Saint Joseph, Michigan, USA (R. Douce, M. Hysell); University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (D. Newton, E. Losman, J. Sherbeck, D.R. Kaul); Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Lansing, Michigan, USA (J. Sidge)

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Peripheral blood films for a 60-year-old woman with probable locally acquired Babesia divergens–like infection, Michigan, USA. A) Before erythrocyte exchange transfusion. Parasitemia was 25%–30%. B) After erythrocyte exchange transfusion. Parasitemia was 3.5%. Original magnification ×1,000.

Figure. Peripheral blood films for a 60-year-old woman with probable locally acquired Babesia divergens–like infection, Michigan, USA. A) Before erythrocyte exchange transfusion. Parasitemia was 25%–30%. B) After erythrocyte exchange transfusion. Parasitemia was 3.5%. Original magnification ×1,000.

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