This is the first record of a UK-acquired case of babesiosis.
Two people have been diagnosed with rare infections spread by a tick bite.
Dr Katherine Russell, consultant in the emerging infections and zoonoses team at PHE, said: ‘It is important to emphasise that cases of babesiosis and TBE in England are rare and the risk of being infected remains very low.Advertisement Most people with babesiosis will have either no symptoms or mild symptoms of infection, but people with weakened immune systems can become very ill and present with flu-like symptoms such as fever, chills, muscle ache, fatigue, and jaundice.
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