Table 2 Reported human babesiosis cases in China
From: Human babesiosis, an emerging tick-borne disease in the People’s Republic of China
Province | Species | Number of reported cases | Clinical manifestation | Other underlying diseases in patients | Reported investigation of reservoir hosts or ticks | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chongqing | Unidentified | 9 | Chills & Febrile | Unclear | No | Hung SL [48] |
Yunnan | Unidentified | 1 | Chills & Febrile | Unclear | No | Li JF et al.[51] |
Unidentified | 2 | Chills & Febrile, | Severe diarrhea | No | Wang HX [13] | |
8 | arthralgias | |||||
B. microti | Chills & Febrile, arthralgias | History of renal insufficiency caused by malaria | No | |||
Inner Mongolia | Unidentified | 1 | Chills & Febrile, arthralgias | Unclear | Yes | Shi ZB et al.[52] |
Taiwan | B. microti | 1 | Chills & Febrile, hepatosplenomegaly | Gallstones | Yes | Shih CM et al.[27] |
Zhejiang | Unidentified | 1 | Chills & Febrile | Renal failure & renal transplantation | Yes | Su GG et al.[12] |
B. microti | 1 | Anemia, Chills & Febrile, hepatosplenomegaly | History of lumpectomy & hysterectomy | Yes | Yao LN et al.[14] | |
Shandong | B. divergens | 1 | unclear | Anemia | No | Qi CH et al.[56] |
Shanxi | Unclear | 1 | Chills & Febrile, hepatosplenomegaly | Disc herniation | No | Shanxi Daily news 2013 [53] |
Xinjiang | B. venatorum (B. divergens- like) | 1 | Anemia & Febrile | No | Yes | Sun Y et al.[54] |