TY - JOUR AU - Martinot, Martin AU - Zadeh, Mahsa Mohseni AU - Hansmann, Yves AU - Grawey, Isabelle AU - Christmann, Daniel AU - Aguillon, Sarah AU - Jouglin, Maggy AU - Chauvin, Alain AU - De Briel, Dominique T1 - Babesiosis in Immunocompetent Patients, Europe T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2011 VL - 17 IS - 1 SP - 114 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We report 2 cases of babesiosis in immunocompetent patients in France. A severe influenza-like disease developed in both patients 2 weeks after they had been bitten by ticks. Diagnosis was obtained from blood smears, and Babesia divergens was identified by PCR in 1 case. Babesiosis in Europe occurs in healthy patients, not only in splenectomized patients. KW - Babesia KW - Anaplasma KW - babesiosis KW - tick-borne infection KW - parasite KW - zoonoses KW - immunocompetent KW - Europe KW - dispatch KW - France DO - 10.3201/eid1701.100737 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/1/10-0737_article ER - End of Reference