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Emerging Microbes & Infections Volume 3, 2014 - Issue 1
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Emergence of human babesiosis along the border of China with Myanmar: detection by PCR and confirmation by sequencing

Xia ZhouDepartment of Parasitology, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, Jiangsu province, China;National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai 200025, China;Key Laboratory of Parasite & Vector Biology, Ministry of Health, WHO Collaborating Centre for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasis, Shanghai 200025, China
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Sheng-Guo LiTengchong Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Tengchong 679100, Yunnan province, China
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Jia-Zhi WangTengchong Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Tengchong 679100, Yunnan province, China
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Ji-lei HuangDepartment of Parasitology, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, Jiangsu province, China;National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai 200025, China;Key Laboratory of Parasite & Vector Biology, Ministry of Health, WHO Collaborating Centre for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasis, Shanghai 200025, China
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He-Jun ZhouNational Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai 200025, China;Key Laboratory of Parasite & Vector Biology, Ministry of Health, WHO Collaborating Centre for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasis, Shanghai 200025, China
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Jun-Hu ChenNational Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai 200025, China;Key Laboratory of Parasite & Vector Biology, Ministry of Health, WHO Collaborating Centre for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasis, Shanghai 200025, China
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Xiao-Nong ZhouNational Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai 200025, China;Key Laboratory of Parasite & Vector Biology, Ministry of Health, WHO Collaborating Centre for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasis, Shanghai 200025, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1-3 | Received 23 Sep 2015, Accepted 02 Nov 2015, Published online: 25 Jan 2019

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Figure 1 Microscopic evidence of babesiosis in a patient from the China–Myanmar border area. Giemsa stained thick blood smears (A) and thin blood smears (B and C) obtained on the first day of hospitalization for patient show an intraerythrocytic trophozoite (thin arrow). The lacking of hemozoin deposits distinguishes Babesia spp. from Plasmodium spp. The tetrad (thick arrow) is pathognomonic of small Babesia spp. Original magnification, ×1000.

Figure 2 Phylogenetic trees of the SSU rRNA and beta-tubulin gene sequences for the B. microti isolates obtained from the two patients in the China–Myanmar border area. Phylogenetic analysis produced by the neighbour-joining method using MEGA version 5.1 software. SSU rRNA and beta-tubulin gene sequences of our case study samples were denoted as Yunnan China in bold face. B. divergens and B. rodhaini were set as the outgroups. Scale bar indicates nucleotide substitutions per site.

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