Ixodes scapularies female not engorged with mouthparts intact - image photo by W. Vientos The Diagnosis The patient in this case study was diagnosed with an acute Babesia microti infection. The smear was diagnostic for the piroplasm. The presence of a maltese cross arrangement of the organisms in one of the red cells in the …
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