TOPICS: Babesia, Anaplasma, parasite, protozoan, ticks, tick saliva, sporozoites, Northeastern United States, trophozoites, red blood cells, RBCs, anemia, peripheral blood smear, Maltese cross, intraerythrocytic ring form, PCR, polymerase chain reaction, protozoan, fatigue, clindamycin, quinine, atovaquone, azithromycin, asplenic patients