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INFECTIONS with the protozoon Babesia occur frequently in wild and domestic animals, but human beings are apparently very rarely affected. In the British Isles, cattle are the most commonly infected animals and may develop red water disease. The following case is only the third in the world recorded in a human and the first in the British Isles. It is significant that all three patients had previously undergone splenectomy1,2.
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FITZPATRICK, J., KENNEDY, C., MCGEOWN, M. et al. Human Case of Piroplasmosis (Babesiosis). Nature 217, 861–862 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/217861a0
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