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      <h2 align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#FFFFFF">2005 Indiana Report of Infectious
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<h2 align="center">Babesiosis</h2>
<p>Babesiosis is caused by hemoprotozoan parasites of the genus <i>Babesia</i>. 
The parasite attacks the red blood cells, causing their destruction and 
resulting in hemolytic anemia. Individuals with babesiosis often have enlarged 
livers and spleens. On the East Coast and in the Midwestern states, the disease 
is transmitted by the bite of infected deer ticks with the <i>Babesia</i> 
parasite. The deer tick lives on deer, meadow voles, and small rodents such as 
deer mice. Deer ticks also transmit Lyme disease and human granulocytic 
ehrlichiosis in Indiana. Co-infections of Lyme disease and <i>Babesia</i> have 
been identified in the New England states. <br>
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<p>There were no reported cases of babesiosis in Indiana in 2005, and only one 
reported case during the five-year reporting period 2001-2005. </p>
<p>You can learn more about babesiosis by visiting the following Web site:<br>
<a href="http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/Babesia/default.htm">
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/Babesia/default.htm</a></p>
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