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Babesia case in the South Bronx
Last week, New York City (NYC) officials issued a health advisory, calling on physicians in the city to be on the alert for patients with tick-borne diseases, as the number of cases continues to rise. Since 2000, the number of tick-borne disease cases in NYC has steadily increased, with fluctuations from year to year. But between 2016 and 2017, cases of anaplasmosis and babesiosis more than doubled in all boroughs except Queens. And last year, the first case of anaplasmosis transmitted through a blood transfusion was reported in NYC.
