Other Human Disease — South Africa
Abstract
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An HIV-positive man from Zimbabwe living in South Africa sought treatment for multiple clinical signs, including fever, weight loss, anemia, and splenomegaly. We identified in his blood an African rodent piroplasm, _Anthemosoma garnhami_, related to _Babesia_ species. This finding extends the known geographic and host range of _A. garnhami_.
A 24-year-old man from Zimbabwe complaining of a 3-month period of generalized body pains, drenching night sweats, and weight loss.
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