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Human Babesiosis, Bolivia, 2013 [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016 To investigate human babesiosis in the Bolivian Chaco, in 2013 we tested blood samples from 271 healthy persons living in 2 rural communities in this region.
Simona Gabrielli +8 more
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Imported Human Babesiosis, Singapore, 2018 [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020 In 2018, Babesia microti infection was diagnosed for a 37-year-old man in Singapore who acquired the infection in the United States. This case highlights the recent rise of tickborne infections in the United States and the risk for their spread, because ...
Poh-Lian Lim +3 more
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Human babesiosis: The past, present and future [PDF]
Expert Reviews in Molecular MedicineHuman babesiosis is a disease transmitted by the bite of an infected tick or via blood transfusions involving contaminated blood products; in humans, it can lead to severe complications and even death, depending on the clinical history, age and health ...
Madison Asquith +2 more
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Monitoring Human Babesiosis Emergence through Vector Surveillance New England, USA [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014 Human babesiosis is an emerging tick-borne disease caused by the intraerythrocytic protozoan Babesia microti. Its geographic distribution is more limited than that of Lyme disease, despite sharing the same tick vector and reservoir hosts.
Maria A. Diuk-Wasser +10 more
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Persistent human babesiosis with low-grade parasitemia, challenges for clinical diagnosis and management [PDF]
HeliyonHuman babesiosis, caused by several Babesia parasites and transmitted by tick bites and other blood-associated containments, has emerged as a major public health threat around the world.
Fei Chen +6 more
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Confirmed Case of Autochthonous Human Babesiosis, Hungary [PDF]
Emerging Infectious DiseasesWe report a case of autochthonous human babesiosis in Hungary, confirmed by PCR and partial sequencing of the Babesia spp. 18S rRNA gene. Babesiosis should be considered during the differential diagnosis of febrile illnesses, and peripheral blood smears
Dávid Sipos +7 more
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Fatal human babesiosis caused by Babesia divergens in an asplenic host [PDF]
IDCases, 2018 We report a fatal case of human babesiosis caused by bovine pathogen Babesia divergens in Russia. Falciparum malaria was falsely diagnosed due to the presence of small ring forms in the blood smear. Laboratory diagnosis can distinguish between babesiosis
Irina V. Kukina +3 more
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Retinal integrity in human babesiosis: a pilot study [PDF]
BMC OphthalmologyBackground Prior case reports and animal studies have reported on potential ophthalmologic complications of babesiosis, but this issue has not previously been addressed in a cohort of patients with babesiosis. This cross-sectional descriptive pilot study
Elyssa Dionne +6 more
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The Global Emergence of Human Babesiosis [PDF]
Pathogens, 2021 Babesiosis is an emerging tick-borne disease caused by intraerythrocytic protozoa that are primarily transmitted by hard-bodied (ixodid) ticks and rarely through blood transfusion, perinatally, and organ transplantation.
Abhinav Kumar +2 more
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Human babesiosis – a little-known tick-borne disease
Pediatria i Medycyna Rodzinna, 2015 Babesiosis is an infectious, tick-borne disease caused by the parasitic species of Babesia. Transmission via blood transfusion or transplacental infections are much rarer.
Patrycja Gajda +2 more
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