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Prognosis

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Most cases are assymptomatic and resolve without treatment.

There may be co-infection with Lyme disease:

  • in a study in which patients had first been diagnosed with babesiosis, 54% also possessed IgG and IgM antibodies to B. burgdorferi (the cause of Lyme disease) (1)

The mortality for this condition in immunocompromised individuals may be as high as 50%.

Reference:

  • Benach J. L., Coleman J. L., Habicht G. S., MacDonald A., Grunwaldt E., Giron J. A. Serological evidence for simultaneous occurrences of Lyme disease and babesiosis. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 1985;152(3):473-477

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