TY - JOUR AU - Gabrielli, Simona AU - Totino, Valentina AU - Macchioni, Fabio AU - Zuñiga, Freddy AU - Rojas, Patricia AU - Lara, Yuni AU - Roselli, Mimmo AU - Bartoloni, Alessandro AU - Cancrini, Gabriella T1 - Human Babesiosis, Bolivia, 2013 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2016 VL - 22 IS - 8 SP - 1445 SN - 1080-6059 AB - To investigate human babesiosis in the Bolivian Chaco, in 2013 we tested blood samples from 271 healthy persons living in 2 rural communities in this region. Microscopy and PCR indicated that 3.3% of persons were positive for Babesia microti parasites (US lineage); seroprevalence was 45.7%. Appropriate screening should mitigate the risk for transfusion-associated babesiosis. KW - Babesia microti KW - humans KW - Bolivia KW - ticks KW - vector-borne infections KW - parasites DO - 10.3201/eid2208.150195 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/8/15-0195_article ER - End of Reference