Two South Korean women contracted the tick-borne disease Babesia microti while traveling to the United States.

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Dr. Cameron feels that the best way to get to know Lyme disease is through reviewing actual cases. In this Inside Lyme Podcast episode, he will be discussing Two travelers who contracted Babesia while traveling to the United States.

Kwon and her colleague first discussed this case in the journal Korean Journal of Parasitology in 2018.

Both women returned to South Korea from the USA. The doctors initially suspected Malaria. Instead, both women suffered from Babesia. One woman died 31 days after admittance to the hospital.

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 Dr. Cameron is a Lyme disease expert and the author “Inside Lyme: An expert's guide to the science of Lyme disease.” He has been treating adolescents and adults for more than 30 years.

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