Other possible ways of becoming infected with Babesia include: 1  receipt of a contaminated blood transfusion (no tests have been licensed yet for donor screening); or. 2  transmission from an infected mother to her baby during pregnancy or delivery.
Urbandale, Iowa. Urbandale is a city in Polk and Dallas counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 39,463. It is part of the Des MoinesâWest Des Moines Metropolitan Statistical Area. Contents.
In 1920, shortly after the city incorporated, Urbandale had 298 people. Its population in 1950 was 1,777, but the city grew rapidly after that along with the rest of Des Moines' suburbs. By 1970 Urbandale had 14,434 people, and in 2000 it had 29,072. Although most of the city's developed area is in Polk County, Urbandale has expanded westward into Dallas County in recent years.