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Posted by Mlaven323 (Member # 8179) on :
 
Could Babs, Bart, and erhrlichia also transfer to an unborn child?

Thank you.
 

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Posted by Mlaven323 (Member # 8179) on :
 
OOPS....I mean Transmission!
 

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Posted by savebabe (Member # 9847) on :
 
This is my concern as well. I also have babs and was wondering if this could be spread to the baby also?
 

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Posted by Mlaven323 (Member # 8179) on :
 
UP
 

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Posted by AliG (Member # 9734) on :
 
LLMD just told me yes, it can be, if you are in an active stage during your third trimester. It can be passed through cord blood like a transfusion.

Not the answer I wanted.
 

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Posted by imanurse (Member # 7022) on :
 
Yes,
I know that babesia can be transmitted in utero.

Here is an article that reviews case studies of newborns with babesiosis.

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2006 Feb;25(2):169-73.

Neonatal babesiosis: case report and review of the literature.Fox LM, Wingerter S, Ahmed A, Arnold A, Chou J, Rhein L, Levy O.
Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. [email protected]

A case of transfusion-associated neonatal babesiosis is presented. Jaundice, hepatosplenomegaly, anemia and conjugated hyperbilirubinemia developed in this preterm infant. The diagnosis was eventually made by blood smear, serology and polymerase chain reaction. The patient was treated with clindamycin and quinine and made a favorable recovery. Of neonatal babesiosis reported in the literature, 9 other cases are reviewed, including 6 that were transfusion-associated, 2 congenital and 2 tick transmitted.

PMID: 16462298 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
 

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Posted by treepatrol (Member # 4117) on :
 

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Originally posted by imanurse:
Yes,
I know that babesia can be transmitted in utero.

Here is an article that reviews case studies of newborns with babesiosis.

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2006 Feb;25(2):169-73.

Neonatal babesiosis: case report and review of the literature.Fox LM, Wingerter S, Ahmed A, Arnold A, Chou J, Rhein L, Levy O.
Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. [email protected]

A case of transfusion-associated neonatal babesiosis is presented. Jaundice, hepatosplenomegaly, anemia and conjugated hyperbilirubinemia developed in this preterm infant. The diagnosis was eventually made by blood smear, serology and polymerase chain reaction. The patient was treated with clindamycin and quinine and made a favorable recovery. Of neonatal babesiosis reported in the literature, 9 other cases are reviewed, including 6 that were transfusion-associated, 2 congenital and 2 tick transmitted.

PMID: 16462298 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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Iam going to say yes!

In my next life I am going to have more memory installed.

Now thats funny
 

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Posted by savebabe (Member # 9847) on :
 
Has anybody had a successful pregnancy they would like to share with the rest of us?
 

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Posted by 5dana8 (Member # 7935) on :
 
I don't know the answer to your question, but here are the links I saved on transmition:

http://www.geocities.com/hotSprings/Oasis/6455/pregnancy-special-abstracts.html

http://www.anapsid.org/lyme/bach.html

hope this helps
 

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Posted by Jenny R. (Member # 9019) on :
 
A relative of mine found out that she had Lyme about 2 weeks after she delivered her baby, needless to say, the baby was tested, and sure enough she had Lyme. She treated with Dr. B in New York. She and the baby flew there, and spent 3 weeks.
 

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Posted by nellypointis (Member # 1719) on :
 
I have read several vet studies where they clearly say: don't breed animals (dogs or cattle) that have once been infected with Babesiosis.

Nelly

See one of the studies below:

Int J Parasitol. 2005 Aug;35(9):1031-5. Links
Fatal experimental transplacental Babesia gibsoni infections in dogs.Fukumoto S, Suzuki H, Igarashi I, Xuan X.
Center for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.

A Babesia gibsoni infected ***** was mated with an uninfected dog in order to determine whether this parasite could be vertically transmitted. The ***** delivered a litter of four live and one stillborn pup. The four pups died from congenital babesiosis between 14 and 39 days post-birth. Babesia gibsoni DNA was detected in tissue from all five pups. These results show that vertical transmission occurred by the uterine route and not via the transmammary route. This is the first confirmed report of transplacental Babesia infection in any animal species.

PMID: 15979628 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
 

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Posted by savebabe (Member # 9847) on :
 
I am seeing my new llmd today and will ask this question. I will post what they say later today.
 

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