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Over a 7-year period from 2013 to 2019, 119 different patients tested positive for B. microti infection by PCR on at least one blood sample. Among the 118 patients with a positive B. microti PCR blood sample that could also be tested by a qualitative PCR for B. burgdorferi, only one patient tested positive (0.85%, 95% CI 0.02 to 4.6%). Routine PCR testing of every B. microti PCR-positive blood specimen to detect B. burgdorferi coinfection appears to have a low yield, even in a highly endemic geographic area for both of these infections.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/pathogens12081066","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,21]],"date-time":"2023-08-21T01:33:11Z","timestamp":1692581591000},"page":"1066","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Frequency of Positive Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Testing for Borrelia burgdorferi on Whole Blood Samples That Tested Positive for Babesia microti by PCR from an Endemic Area for Both Infections in New York State"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Guiqing","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jian","family":"Zhuge","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathology and Clinical Laboratories, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Gary P.","family":"Wormser","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Infectious Diseases, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"185","DOI":"10.1093\/cid\/ciab050","article-title":"Clinical practice guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA): 2020 guideline on diagnosis and management of babesiosis","volume":"72","author":"Krause","year":"2021","journal-title":"Clin. 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