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Volume 30, Number 9—September 2024
Research Letter

Confirmed Case of Autochthonous Human Babesiosis, Hungary

Dávid SiposComments to Author , Ágnes Kappéter, Barbara Réger, Gabriella Kiss, Nóra Takács, Róbert Farkas, István Kucsera, and Zoltán Péterfi
Author affiliations: University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary (D. Sipos, Á. Kappéter, B. Réger, G. Kiss, Z. Péterfi); University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest, Hungary (N. Takács, R. Farkas); National Public Health Center, Budapest (I. Kucsera)

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Figure 1

Peripheral blood smear from patient who had a confirmed case of autochthonous human babesiosis, Hungary. Smear shows erythrocytes infected with Babesia sp.; smear was stained with May-Grünwald Giemsa stain and examined by using light microscopy. In inset images, solid arrow indicates cells infected with multiple merozoites, open arrow indicates extracellular parasites, and arrowhead indicates vacuolated ring forms (trophozoites). Scale bars indicates 10 μm.

Figure 1. Peripheral blood smear from patient who had a confirmed case of autochthonous human babesiosis, Hungary. Smear shows erythrocytes infected with Babesia sp.; smear was stained with May-Grünwald Giemsa stain and examined by using light microscopy. In inset images, solid arrow indicates cells infected with multiple merozoites, open arrow indicates extracellular parasites, and arrowhead indicates vacuolated ring forms (trophozoites). Scale bars indicates 10 μm.

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