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The impact of ABO and RhD blood types on Babesia microti infection.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023 BackgroundBabesiosis is an emerging infectious disease caused by intraerythrocytic Babesia parasites that can cause severe disease and death. While blood type is known to affect the mortality of Plasmodium falciparum malaria patients, associations ...
Ryan Philip Jajosky +5 more
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International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2019 The order Piroplasmida contains a diverse group of intracellular parasites, many of which can cause significant disease in humans, domestic animals, and wildlife.
Kayla B. Garrett +21 more
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Babesiosis Presenting as Acute Liver Failure
Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2017 Babesiosis is a zoonotic, tick-borne infection caused by the protozoan Babesia. It is transmitted by the Ixodes ticks which transmit the infection to humans. Babesia microti, Babesia duncani, Babesia divergens, and Babesia venatorum are species that have
Yousef Nassar, Seth Richter
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Why is Babesia not killed by artemisinin like Plasmodium?
Parasites & Vectors, 2023 Babesia spp. are intraerythrocytic apicomplexans that digest and utilize red blood cells in a similar way to intraerythrocytic Plasmodium spp., but unlike the latter, are not sensitive to artemisinin.
Wenwen Si +9 more
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Symptomatic co-infection with Babesia microti and Borrelia burgdorferi in patient after international exposure; a challenging case in Poland [PDF]
, 2016 The report presents a well-documented case of symptomatic co-infection of Babesia microti and Borrelia burgdorferi in a Polish immunocompetent patient after travelling to Canada and the ...
Jablonska, J. +9 more
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Babesia Microti – Known and Unknown Protists [PDF]
Global Journal of Zoology, 2017 B. microti is known as the main etiological agent of human babesiosis and there are some case studies for that disease, highlighting the fact that this is an important “emerging tick-borne disease”.
Albertyńska, Marta +4 more
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Prevalence of protozoan parasites in small and medium mammals in Texas, USA
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2020 Wildlife interaction with humans increases the risk of potentially infected ticks seeking an opportunistic blood meal and consequently leading to zoonotic transmission.
Joseph J. Modarelli +6 more
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In Silico Survey and Characterization of Babesia microti Functional and Non-Functional Proteases
Pathogens, 2021 Human babesiosis caused by the intraerythrocytic apicomplexan Babesia microti is an expanding tick-borne zoonotic disease that may cause severe symptoms and death in elderly or immunocompromised individuals.
Monica Florin-Christensen +3 more
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Parasitology, 2003 Babesia microti(Apicomplexa: Piroplasmida) has historically been considered a common parasite of Holarctic rodents. However, human babesiosis due to this species has generally been limited to the northeastern seaboard of the United States and Minnesota and Wisconsin. The absence of reports ofB.
H K, Goethert, S R, Telford
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Molecular detection of Babesia microti in laboratory mice from India
Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2020 Background & objectives: For detection and molecular characterization of Babesia microti in laboratory mice from India. Methods: A total of 625 mice were screened by peripheral blood smear examination and subsequently was confirmed by PCR using a ...
Gautam Patra +8 more
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