Monitoring human babesiosis emergence through vector surveillance, New England, USA

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 225-231

  Diuk Wasser, Maria A ^a   Liu, Yuchen ^a,b   Steeves, Tanner K ^a   Folsom O'Keefe, Corrine ^a,b,c   Dardick, Kenneth R ^d   Lepore, Timothy ^e   Bent, Stephen J ^a,f   Usmani Brown, Sahar ^a,h   Telford III, Sam R ^g   Fish, Durl ^a   Krause, Peter J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Audubon Connecticut   (United States)

^d Mansfield Family Practic   (United States)

^e Nantucket Cottage Hospita   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^g TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h L2 Diagnostic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BABESIA MICROTI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONNECTICUT; EMERGENCE; HUMAN BABESIOSIS; INCIDENCE RATIO; INFECTION PREVALENCE; IXODES SCAPULARIS; LYME DISEASE; MASSACHUSETTS; NEW ENGLAND; PARASITES; PIROPLASM; TICK-BORNE PATHOGENS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HUMANS; IXODES; NEW ENGLAND; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

EID: 84892622727     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2002.130644     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Vannier E, Krause PJ. Human babesiosis. N Engl J Med. 2012;366:2397-407. http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMra1202018
2. Conrad PA, Kjemtrup AM, Carreno RA, Thomford J, Wainwright K, Eberhard M, et al. Description of Babesia duncani n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Babesiidae) from humans and its differentiation from other piroplasms. Int J Parasitol. 2006;36:779-789. PubMed http://dx.doi. org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2006.03.008
3. Herwaldt BL, Linden JV, Bosserman E, Young C, Olkowska D, Wilson M. Transfusion-associated babesiosis in the United States: a description of cases. Ann Intern Med 2011;155:509-19.
4. US Food and Drug Administration. Biological product and HCT/P deviation reports: annual summary for fiscal year 2008. [cited 2009 Oct]. http://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/SafetyAvailability/ ReportaProblem/BiologicalProductDeviations/ucm169990.htm
5. Krause PJ, Gewurz BE, Hill D, Marty FM, Vannier E, Foppa IM, et al. Persistent and relapsing babesiosis in immunocompromised patients. Clin Infect Dis. 2008;46:370-6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/525852
6. Tonnetti L, Eder AF, Dy B, Kennedy J, Pisciotto P, Benjamin RJ, et al. Transfusion-transmitted Babesia microti identified through hemovigilance. Transfusion. 2009;49:2557-63. http://dx.doi. org/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2009.02317.x
7. White DJ, Talarico J, Chang HG, Birkhead GS, Heimberger T, Morse DL. Human babesiosis in New York State-review of 139 hospitalized cases and analysis of prognostic factors. Arch Intern Med. 1998;158:2149-54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.158.19.2149
8. Spielman A, Etkind P, Piesman J, Ruebush TK II, Juranek DD, Jacobs MS. Reservoir hosts of human babesiosis on Nantucket Island. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1981;30:560-5.
9. Krause PJ, Telford SR III, Ryan R, Hurta AB, Kwasnik I, Luger S, et al. Geographical and temporal distribution of babesial infection in Connecticut. J Clin Microbiol. 1991;29:1-4.
10. Menis M, Anderson SA, Izurieta HS, Kumar S, Burwen DR, Gibbs J, et al. Babesiosis among elderly Medicare beneficiaries, United States, 2006-2008. Emerg Infect Dis. 2012;18:128-31. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1801.110305
11. Diuk-Wasser M, Vourc'h G, Cislo P, Gatewood Hoen A, Melton F, Hamer S, et al. Field and climate-based model for predicting the density of host-seeking nymphal Ixodes scapularis, an important vector of tick-borne disease agents in the eastern United States. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 2010;19:504-14. http:// onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00526.x/ abstract?systemMessage=Wiley+Online+Library+will+be+disrupte d+on+7+December+from+10%3A00-15%3A00+GMT+%2805%3 A00-10%3A00+EST%29+for+essential+maintenance&userIsAuth enticated=false&deniedAccessCustomisedMessage=
12. Pepin KM, Eisen RJ, Mead PS, Piesman J, Gatewood AH, Barbour AG, et al. Geographic variation in the relationship between human Lyme disease incidence and density of infected host-seeking Ixodes scapularis nymphs in the eastern United States. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2012;86:1062-71. http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0630
13. Mather TN, Nicholson MC, Donnelly EF, Matyas BT. Entomologic index for human risk of Lyme disease. Am J Epidemiol. 1996;144:1066-9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008879
14. Western KA, Benson GD, Gleason NN, Healy GR, Schultz MG. Babesiosis in a Massachusetts resident. N Engl J Med. 1970;283:854-6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJM197010152831607
15. Falco RC, McKenna DF, Daniels TJ, Nadelman RB, Nowakowski J, Fish D, et al. Temporal relation between Ixodes scapularis abundance and risk for Lyme disease associated with erythema migrans. Am J Epidemiol. 1999;149:771-6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals. aje.a009886
16. Piesman J, Mather TN, Sinsky RJ, Spielman A. Duration of tick attachment and Borrelia burgdorferi transmission. J Clin Microbiol. 1987;25:557-8.
17. Falco RC, Fish D. A comparison of methods for sampling the deer tick, Ixodes dammini, in a Lyme-disease endemic area. Exp Appl Acarol. 1992;14:165-73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01219108
18. Durden LA, Keirans JE. Nymphs of the genus Ixodes (Acari:Ixodidae) of the United States: taxonomy, identification key, distribution, hosts and medical/veterinary importance. Lanham (MD): Entomological Society of America; 1996.
19. Beati L, Keirans JE. Analysis of the systematic relationships among ticks of the genera Rhipicephalus and Boophilus (Acari: Ixodidae) based on mitochondrial 12S ribosomal DNA gene sequences and morphological characters. J Parasitol. 2001;87:32-48.
20. Liveris D, Gazumyan A, Schwartz I. Molecular typing of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato by PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. J Clin Microbiol. 1995;33:589-95.
21. Travinsky B, Bunikis J, Barbour AG. Geographic differences in genetic locus linkages for Borrelia burgdorferi. Emerg Infect Dis. 2010;16:1147-50. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1607.091452
22. Rollend L, Bent SJ, Krause PJ, Usmani-Brown S, Steeves TK, States SL, et al. Quantitative PCR for detection of Babesia microti in Ixodes scapularis ticks and in human blood. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2013;13:784-90.
23. Connecticut Department of Public Health. Disease statistics. 2012 [cited 2012 May 2]. http://www.ct.gov/dph/site/default.asp
24. Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Surveillance data. 2012 [cited 2012 Jun]. http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/researcher/ physical-health/diseases-and-conditions/communicable-diseases/ public-health-cdc-babesiosis-surveillance.html
25. Anderson JF, Mintz ED, Gadbaw JJ, Magnarelli LA. Babesia microti, human babesiosis, and Borrelia burgdorferi in Connecticut. J Clin Microbiol. 1991;29:2779-83.
26. Goethert HK, Lubelcyzk C, LaCombe E, Holman M, Rand P, Smith RP, et al. Enzootic Babesia microti in Maine. J Parasitol. 2003;89:1069-71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1645/GE-3149RN
27. Spielman A. The emergence of Lyme disease and human babesiosis in a changing environment. Ann NY Acad Sci. 1994;740:146-56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.1994.tb19865.x
28. Piesman J, Mather TN, Donahue JG, Levine J, Campbell JD, Karakashian SJ, et al. Comparative prevalence of Babesia microti and Borrelia burgdorferi in four populations of Ixodes dammini in eastern Massachusetts. Acta Trop. 1986;43:263-70.
29. Varde S, Beckley J, Schwartz I. Prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in Ixodes scapularis in a rural New Jersey County. Emerg Infect Dis. 1998;4:97-9. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0401.980113
30. Adelson ME, Rao R-VS, Tilton RC, Cabets K, Eskow E, Fein L, et al. Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi, Bartonella spp., Babesia microti, and Anaplasma phagocytophila in Ixodes scapularis ticks collected in northern New Jersey. J Clin Microbiol. 2004;42:2799-801. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.42.6.2799-2801.2004
31. Joseph JT, Roy SS, Shams N, Visintainer P, Nadelman RB, Hosur S, et al. Babesiosis in Lower Hudson Valley, New York, USA. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011;17:843-7. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/ eid1705.101334
32. Rodgers SE, Mather TN. Human Babesia microti incidence and Ixodes scapularis distribution, Rhode Island, 1998-2004. Emerg Infect Dis. 2007;13:633-5. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1304.061035
33. Krause PJ, McKay K, Gadbaw J, Christianson D, Closter L, Lepore T, et al. Increasing health burden of human babesiosis in endemic sites. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2003;68:431-6.
34. Iacopino V, Earnhart T. Life-threatening babesiosis in a woman from Wisconsin. Arch Intern Med. 1990;150:1527-8. http://dx.doi. org/10.1001/archinte.1990.00390190159027
35. White DJ, Chang HG, Benach JL, Bosler EM, Meldrum SC, Means RG, et al. The geographic spread and temporal increase of the Lyme-disease epidemic. JAMA. 1991;266:1230-6. http://dx.doi. org/10.1001/jama.1991.03470090064033
36. Mather TN, Telford SR III Sr, Moore SI, Spielman A. Borrelia burgdorferi and Babesia microti: Efficiency of transmission from reservoirs to vector ticks (Ixodes dammini). Exp Parasitol. 1990;70:55-61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0014-4894(90)90085-Q
37. Piesman J, Mather TN, Dammin GJ, Telford SR III, Lastavica CC, Spielman A. Seasonal variation of transmission risk of Lyme-disease and human babesiosis. Am J Epidemiol. 1987;126:1187-9.
38. Mather TN, Nicholson MC, Hu RJ, Miller NJ. Entomological correlates of Babesia microti prevalence in an area where Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) is endemic. J Med Entomol. 1996;33:866-70.
39. Piesman J, Spielman A. Human babesiosis on Nantucket Island: prevalence of Babesia microti in ticks. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1980;29:742-6.
40. Steere AC, Sikand VK, Schoen RT, Nowakowski J. Asymptomatic infection with Borrelia burgdorferi. Clin Infect Dis. 2003;37:528-32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/376914