Public Health England confirm first case of extremely rare disease
PUBLIC Health England has issued an urgent warning for people to be tick aware after the first case of babesiosis was diagnosed in England.
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Public Health England has confirmed the diagnosis of a case of babesiosis and a probable case of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) in England. It is the first record of a UK-acquired case of babesiosis and the second case of TBE being acquired in the UK. Both are rare infections spread by the bite from an infected tick.
