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Emerging Infectious Diseases • www.cdc.gov/eid • Vol. 18, No. 12, December 2012 December 2012 On the Cover Reservoir Competence of Lucas Cranach Wildlife Host Species for the Elder (1472–1553) Babesia microti ................................. 1951 Cardinal Albrecht of M.H. Hersh et al. Brandenburg as St. Jerome (1526) Oil on wood panel Competence data will aid understanding of the (114.9 cm × 78.9 cm) spread of human babesiosis. (detail) John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, The State Art Museum of Florida, a Diagnostic Assays for division of Florida State University, USA Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic About the Cover p. 2098 Fever .................................................. 1958 J. Vanhomwegen et al. On-site testing would diminish time, costs, and risks involved in handling of highly infectious Research materials. Borrelia, Rickettsia, and Ehrlichia spp. in Bat Ticks, Farm Animal Contact as France, 2010 ......................................1966 Risk Factor for Transmission C. 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