Figure 2.

Panel of computer-generated electronic images of photomicrographs of Babesia-infected erythrocytes on a Giemsa-stained smear of peripheral blood from the patient who became infected in Austria. The electronic images were edited for uniformity of color, without changing the form or size of the organisms. The image on the far right shows a tetrad (Maltese-cross form). Three glass slides of the actual blood films have been deposited in the Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum, Biologiezentrum, Linz (i.e., Biology Center of the Upper Austrian Museum, Linz), with the accession number 2002/9. The slides are labeled “Babesia sp. (EU1), patient 001, Austria, Krems Land, July 25, 2000.”