Autochthonous Human Babesia divergens Infection, England.
Zabala GA., Lever R., Chan XH., Bristowe H., Kilbride E., Richards D., Daly M., Brown M., Johnson N., Nabarro LE., Esmail H., Godbole G., Chiodini PL.
We describe a case of autochthonous human Babesia divergens infection in an immunocompetent woman in England. The patient had fever, hemolysis, multiorgan failure, and 18% parasitemia. We confirmed B. divergens by 18S rDNA PCR and sequencing. Clinicians should consider babesiosis as a differential diagnosis in patients with unexplained hemolysis.