* *Int J Parasitol. 2005 Jun 23; [Epub ahead of print] *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; National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada-cho, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, 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 - as supplied by publisher]
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Hi Melanie!
Yes,
I think it's critical that this info get out. Of course, it doesn't give us any feedback on what happens with treatment, but this is a pretty sobering rate of transmission in this study.
When you think how many people with Lyme may have seronegative Babesia as well, it makes you think pretty hard.
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My Daughter has Lyme plus 4 coinfections, little 3 year old has Lyme are waiting for coinfection test results.........We already suspect she has coinfections. This is a child that has NEVER been bit by a tick, she was born with Lyme. We have seen LLMD in CA. but he referred us on to Dr. J and he will do follow up and work with Dr. J on her case since CA. is much closer for us than CT.
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Pippy, I know it is bad that the animals have to suffer. Though I'm not sure it is better for mice to suffer than dogs. I think they choose the animal that is closest to us in terms of how the body functions, so maybe dogs are like us in childbearing?
Mo, I don't know if Dr. Jones has seen this. I got it from a list some of the doctors are on. If anybody knows how to get it to him, that would be very good. At least if the animals had to suffer, there will be some benefit from it.
I think everybody should be sure to give it to their doctors!!!
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