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Volume 27, Number 7—July 2021
Research Letter

Anthemosoma garnhami in an HIV-Infected Man from Zimbabwe Living in South Africa

David Stead, Desiree du Plessis, Lisa Ming Sun, and John FreanComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, South Africa (D.F. Stead); Cecilia Makiwane Hospital, East London, South Africa (D.F. Stead); National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa (D. du Plessis, L. Ming Sun, J. Frean); University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (J. Frean)

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Thin blood film photographs showing Babesia-like early tetrads (panels A, B) and pleiomorphic later-stage parasites (panels C, D) in an HIV-positive patient from Zimbabwe living in South Africa. The multiply infected erythrocytes and unusual morphology suggested nonmalaria parasites and were later determined to be the rodent piroplasm Anthemosoma garnhami, related to Babesia spp. Slides stained with 10% Giemsa, pH 7.2, for 20 min; original magnification ×1,000.

Figure. Thin blood film photographs showing Babesia-like early tetrads (panels A, B) and pleiomorphic later-stage parasites (panels C, D) in an HIV-positive patient from Zimbabwe living in South Africa. The multiply infected erythrocytes and unusual morphology suggested nonmalaria parasites and were later determined to be the rodent piroplasm Anthemosoma garnhami, related to Babesia spp. Slides stained with 10% Giemsa, pH 7.2, for 20 min; original magnification ×1,000.

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