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Babesiosis must be differentiated from other tick-borne diseases that cause fever, soreness, and rash, such as Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted fever, and Colorado tick fever.

Differentiating Babesiosis from other Diseases

The following are tables differentiating tick-bourne illnesses, categorized according to an underlying bacterial, viral, or protozoan infection:

Bacterial

Disease	Organism	Vector	Endemic Regions	Symptoms	Treatment
Borreliosis (Lyme Disease)	Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (bacterium)	Deer Tick (Ixodes scapularis, I. pacificus, I. ricinus, I. persulcatus)	North America, Europe, and Asia	Flu-like illness, fatigue, fever, arthritis, neuroborreliosis, cranial nerve palsy, carditis and erythema migrans.	Antibiotics (Doxycycline- if not pregnant. or Amoxicillin if pregnant)
Relapsing Fever	Borrelia Species; Borrelia hermsii, Borellia Parkeri, Borellia duttoni, Borrelia miyamotoi	Ornithodoros species	Spain, Saudi Arabia, Asia, Africa, Canada, and Western United States	Consistently documented high fevers, flu-like illness, headaches, muscular soreness or joint pain, altered mental state, painful urination, rash, and rigors.	Antibiotics (Doxycycline, Tetracycline, or Erythromycin**)
Typhus (Diseases associated with the transfer of Rickettsia Bacteria as listed below)
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever	Rickettsia Rickettsii	Wood Tick (Dermacentor Variabilis), D. andersoni	United States: East and Southwest	Fever, alterations in mental state, myalgia, rash, and headaches.	Antibiotics- Doxycycline or Tetracycline.
Helvetica Spotted Fever	Rickettsia Helvetica	Ixodes Ricinus (European)	Europe: Sweden, Switzerland, France and Laos	Rash: spotted, red dots. Respiratory issues, muscle pain, and headaches.	Antibiotics- broad-spectrum therapy and phenoxymethylpenicillin.
Ehrlichiosis Anaplasmosis	Ehrlichia Chaffeensis, E. Equi	Lone Star Tick (Amblyomma Americanum), Ixodes Scapularis	United States: South Atlantic and South-central
Tularemia	Francisella Tularensis	D. Andersoni, D. Variabilis	United States: Found widespread throughout the region, including higher populations in the Southeast, South-central, and the West.

Primary method of treatment**

Babesiosis must be differentiated from other parasitic and tick borne diseases such as:

• Lyme disease
• Malaria
• Colorado tick fever
• Anaplasmosis
• Ehrlichiosis
• Bartonellosis
• Rickettsiosis
• Taluremia
• Q fever
• Leptospirosis