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| Title |
Not “out of Nantucket”: Babesia microti in southern New England comprises at least two major populations
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| Published in |
Parasites & Vectors, December 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13071-014-0546-y |
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| Authors |
Heidi K Goethert, Sam R Telford |
| Abstract |
BackgroundDeer tick-transmitted human babesiosis due to Babesia microti appears to be expanding its distribution and prevalence in the northeastern United States. One hypothesis for this emergence is the introduction of parasites into new sites from areas of long-standing transmission, such as Nantucket Island, Massachusetts.MethodsWe developed a typing system based on variable number tandem repeat loci that distinguished individual B. microti genotypes. We thereby analyzed the population structure of parasites from 11 sites, representing long-standing and newly emerging transmission in southern New England (northeastern United States), and compared their haplotypes and allele frequencies to determine the most probable number of B. microti populations represented by our enzootic collections. We expected to find evidence for a point source introduction across southern New England, with all parasites clearly derived from Nantucket, the site with the most intense longstanding transmission.Results B. microti in southern New England comprises at least two major populations, arguing against a single source. The Nantucket group comprises Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket and nearby Cape Cod. The Connecticut/Rhode Island (CT/RI) group consists of all the samples from those states along with samples from emerging sites in Massachusetts.ConclusionsThe expansion of B. microti in the southern New England mainland is not due to parasites from the nearby terminal moraine islands (Nantucket group), but rather from the CT/RI group. The development of new B. microti foci is likely due to a mix of local intensification of transmission within relict foci across southern New England as well as long distance introduction events. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 3 | 43% |
| Unknown | 4 | 57% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 86% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 14% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 32 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Researcher | 8 | 24% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 18% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 5 | 15% |
| Unknown | 6 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 10 | 30% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 3 | 9% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 9% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 7 | 21% |
| Unknown | 6 | 18% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 December 2014.
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