New paper! Transplacental transmission of Babesia microti in Peromyscus leucopus
Babesia microti is an emerging tick-borne pathogen and the causative agent of human babesiosis. Mathematical modeling of the reproductive rate of B. microti indicates that it cannot persist in nature by horizontal tick-host transmission alone. In this study, Danielle and Maria report for the first time, the occurrence of transplacental transmission of B. microti occurring in its natural reservoir host, P. leucopus in the United States. Peromyscus leucopus collected…