Parveen Nikhat, Bhanot Purnima
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Newark, NJ 07103, USA.
Pathogens. 2019 Jul 31;8(3):117. doi: 10.3390/pathogens8030117.
The incidence and geographic distribution of human babesiosis is growing in the U.S. Its major causative agent is the protozoan parasite, . is transmitted to humans primarily through the bite of ticks, which are vectors for a number of other pathogens. Other routes of transmission are blood transfusion and in rare cases of mother-to-foetus transmission, through the placenta. This review discusses the current literature on mammalian coinfection with and , the causative agent Lyme disease.
在美国，人类巴贝斯虫病的发病率和地理分布正在增加。其主要病原体是原生动物寄生虫。主要通过蜱虫叮咬传播给人类，蜱虫是许多其他病原体的传播媒介。其他传播途径包括输血，在极少数情况下，通过胎盘进行母婴传播。本综述讨论了目前关于哺乳动物同时感染巴贝斯虫和莱姆病病原体的文献。
