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Volume 31, Number 6—June 2025

Dispatch

Three Cases of Human Babesiosis, Italy, 2017–2020

Chiara Sepulcri1Comments to Author , Rachele Pincino1, Federico Baldi1, Giovanni Cenderello, Stefania Zanet, Daniela Boccolini, Anna Rosa Sannella, Mariangela L’Episcopia, Carlo Severini, Matteo Bassetti, Chiara Dentone, and Ezio Ferroglio
Author affiliation: University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy (C. Sepulcri, M. Bassetti); Ospedale Sanremo, Sanremo, Italy (R. Pincino, G. Cenderello); AON SS Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo University Hospital, Alessandria, Italy (F. Baldi); University of Turin, Turin, Italy (S. Zanet, E. Ferroglio); Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy (D. Boccolini, A.R. Sannella, M. L’Episcopia, C. Severini); IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa (M. Bassetti, C. Dentone)

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Figure 2

Phylogenetic analysis of the Babesia spp. in study of 3 cases of human babesiosis, Italy, 2017–2020. 18S ribosomal RNA gene sequences were amplified from the 3 clinical isolates from Italy. Arrows indicate the Babesia isolates from the 3 patients. Tree was inferred by using the maximum-likelihood method with 1,000 bootstrap replicates. Tree with the highest log likelihood (−3,487.14) is shown. Bootstrap values (cutoff at 80%) are indicated at specific branch nodes. 18S ribosomal RNA gene (partial) from Cytauxzoon felis protozoan parasite was used as the outlier. Tree not drawn to scale.

Figure 2. Phylogenetic analysis of the Babesia spp. in study of 3 cases of human babesiosis, Italy, 2017–2020. 18S ribosomal RNA gene sequences were amplified from the 3 clinical isolates from Italy. Arrows indicate the Babesia isolates from the 3 patients. Tree was inferred by using the maximum-likelihood method with 1,000 bootstrap replicates. Tree with the highest log likelihood (−3,487.14) is shown. Bootstrap values (cutoff at 80%) are indicated at specific branch nodes. 18S ribosomal RNA gene (partial) from Cytauxzoon felis protozoan parasite was used as the outlier. Tree not drawn to scale.

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1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

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