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Topic: Babesia and the CDC

tick borne
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Member # 6751

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Trying to cover all my bases, I contacted the CDC for info about Babesia. They would not give me any untill I sent them a blood sample for them to test. They said this was due to the number of false postives from "certain" labs. Has anyone been down this road?

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lou
Frequent Contributor (5K+ posts)
Member # 81

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Boy, how weird is this. A government health agency won't send info without a blood sample?

They have an article on babesia posted on their website. Try that. I don't think they can require blood samples as the entry price for a look at the website!

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tick borne
Junior Member
Member # 6751

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They would give no info over the phone and I requested they mail me what info they could. They said they would mail what the have available.

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