Office of Communicable Diseases

Babesiosis

Information on the disease and its prevention  
(forwarded to CDC web site).

Human Babesia microti Incidence and Ixodes scapularis Distribution, Rhode Island, 1998-2004. Emerging Infectious Diseases, April 2007.

What are the Babesiosis rates in Rhode Island?

Who can I contact at the Department of Health about Babesiosis?

Call the Office of Communicable Diseases at 401-222-2577.