Menis M, Anderson SA, Izurieta HS, Kumar S, Burwen DR, Gibbs J, Kropp G, Erten T, Macurdy TE, Worrall CM, Kelman JA, Walderhaug MO, Menis, Mikhail, Anderson, Steven A, Izurieta, Hector S, Kumar, Sanjai, Burwen, Dale R, Gibbs, Jonathan, Kropp, Garner, and Erten, Tugce
We used administrative databases to assess babesiosis among elderly persons in the United States by year, sex, age, race, state of residence, and diagnosis months during 2006-2008. The highest babesiosis rates were in Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, and Massachusetts, and findings suggested babesiosis expansion to other states. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]