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High prevalence of Babesia microti in Suffolk County, New York

Five tick-borne pathogens were recently identified in New York and Connecticut using a multiplex real-time reverse transcription-PCR assay. The assay was able to simultaneously detect and differentiate Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Borrelia burgdorferi, Borrelia miyamotoi, Babesia microti, and the Powassan virus in I. scapularis (black-legged) ticks.