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Babesia microti Causing Intravascular Hemolysis in Immunocompetent Child, China. [PDF]

Emerg Infect Dis, 2023
Yao J, Liu G, Zou Y, Jiang J, Li S, Wang H, Cheng X, Zhang R, Zhang K, Wei C, Wu R.   +10 more
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Effect of protease inhibitors on the intraerythrocytic development of Babesia microti and Babesia duncani, the causative agents of human babesiosis. [PDF]

J Eukaryot Microbiol
Abstract Human babesiosis is a malaria‐like, tick‐borne infectious disease with a global distribution. Babesiosis is caused by intraerythrocytic, apicomplexan parasites of the genus Babesia. In the United States, human babesiosis is caused by Babesia microti and Babesia duncani.
Aderanti T, Marshall JM, Thekkiniath J.
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Novel computational and drug design strategies for inhibition of monkeypox virus and Babesia microti: molecular docking, molecular dynamic simulation and drug design approach by natural compounds

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023
Background The alarming increase in tick-borne pathogens such as human Babesia microti is an existential threat to global public health. It is a protozoan parasitic infection transmitted by numerous species of the genus Babesia.
S. Akash, S. Mir, Sajjat Mahmood, S. Hossain, M. Islam, Nobendu Mukerjee, B. Nayak, Hiba-Allah Nafidi, Y. A. Bin Jardan, A. Mekonnen, Mohammed Bourhia   +10 more
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Presence and identity of Babesia microti in Ireland.

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 2023
Babesia microti is a tick-transmitted protozoan parasite of wildlife that can also cause serious disease in humans. It is now well established that B.
A. Zintl, A. McManus, M. Galan, M. Diquattro, L. Giuffredi, N. Charbonnel, J. Gray, C. Holland, P. Stuart   +8 more
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Failure of an Approximately Six Week Course of Tafenoquine to Completely Eradicate Babesia microti Infection in an Immunocompromised Patient

Pathogens, 2022
Although tafenoquine was highly effective for eliminating microscopically detectable parasitemia in mouse models of Babesia microti infection, all of the mice which were assessed developed a relapse of infection, except for those which had been treated ...
P. Prasad, G. Wormser
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Parasitology [PDF]

, 2005
Concomitant infections are common in nature and often involve parasites. A number of examples of the interactions between protozoa and viruses, protozoa and bacteria, protozoa and other protozoa, protozoa and helminths, helminths and viruses, helminths ...
Cox, F, Despommier, D, Gillespie, S, Wakelin, D   +3 more
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Identifying the Naphthalene-Based Compound 3,5-Dihydroxy 2-Napthoic Acid as a Novel Lead Compound for Designing Lactate Dehydrogenase-Specific Antibabesial Drug

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2020
Human babesiosis is caused by apicomplexan Babesia parasites, including Babesia microti, Babesia crassa, Babesia sp. MOI, Babesia divergens, Babesia duncani, and Babesia venatorum. Among them, B.
Long Yu, Long Yu, Xueyan Zhan, Xueyan Zhan, Qin Liu, Qin Liu, Yali Sun, Yali Sun, Muxiao Li, Muxiao Li, Yangnan Zhao, Yangnan Zhao, Xiaomeng An, Xiaomeng An, Yu Tian, Lan He, Lan He, Lan He, Junlong Zhao, Junlong Zhao, Junlong Zhao   +20 more
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Babesia microti-induced fulminant sepsis in an immunocompromised host: A case report and the case-specific literature review

Open Life Sciences, 2022
Babesia microti is an obligate intra-erythrocytic parasite transmitted by infected ticks. B. microti is a eukaryote much larger than prokaryotic microbes and more similar to human hosts in their biochemistry and metabolism. Moreover, Babesia spp. possess
H. Conte, Michael C. Biondi, S. Janket, L. Ackerson, E. Diamandis   +4 more
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A Review of Zoonotic Babesiosis as an Emerging Public Health Threat in Asia

Pathogens, 2021
Zoonotic babesiosis poses a serious health risk in many parts of the world. Its emergence in Asia is thus a cause for significant concern, demanding that appropriate control measures are implemented to suppress its spread in this region.
Sabir Hussain, Abrar Hussain, Muhammad Umair Aziz, Baolin Song, Jehan Zeb, David George, Jun Li, Olivier Sparagano   +7 more
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Specific and Sensitive Diagnosis of Babesia microti Active Infection Using Monoclonal Antibodies to the Immunodominant Antigen BmGPI12

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2022
The apicomplexan pathogen Babesia microti is responsible for most cases of human babesiosis worldwide. The disease, which presents as a malaria-like illness, is potentially fatal in immunocompromised or elderly patients, making the need for its accurate ...
Jacqueline Gagnon, Sushma Timalsina, Jae-Yeon Choi, Meenal Chand, Pankaj Singh, Pooja Lamba, Gauri Gaur, A. Pal, S. Mootien, L. Marcos, C. Ben Mamoun, M. Ledizet   +11 more
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