TY - JOUR AU - Peniche-Lara, Gaspar AU - Balmaceda, Lucero AU - Perez-Osorio, Carlos AU - Munoz-Zanzi, Claudia T1 - Human Babesiosis, Yucatán State, Mexico, 2015 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2018 VL - 24 IS - 11 SP - 2061 SN - 1080-6059 AB - In 2015, we detected clinical cases of babesiosis caused by Babesia microti in Yucatán State, Mexico. Cases occurred in 4 children from a small town who became ill during the same month. Diagnosis was confirmed using conventional PCR followed by sequencing of the DNA fragment obtained. KW - Babesia microti KW - tick-borne diseases KW - babesiosis KW - Mexico KW - vector-borne infections KW - protozoa KW - parasites DO - 10.3201/eid2411.170512 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/11/17-0512_article ER - End of Reference