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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 of increasing global interconnectivity, to regions where they are not endemic.
Poh‐Lian Lim +3 more
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Babesiosis in humans (lecture)
CHILDREN INFECTIONS, 2023 Babesiosis is a natural focal infectious disease caused by protozoa of the genus Babesia, transmitted transmissibly and characterized by fever, intoxication, progressive hemolytic anemia, and often severe course in immunocompromised patients. The clinical picture of babesiosis is nonspecific. The disease should be suspected in patients with unexplained
E. V. Barakina +2 more
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Semicentennial of Human Babesiosis, Nantucket Island [PDF]
Pathogens, 2021 Fifty years ago, the index case of human babesiosis due to Babesia microti was diagnosed in a summer resident of Nantucket Island. Human babesiosis, once called “Nantucket fever” due to its seeming restriction to Nantucket and the terminal moraine islands of southern New England, has emerged across the northeastern United States to commonly infect ...
Sam R. Telford +2 more
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HUMAN BABESIOSIS – A CASE REPORT [PDF]
Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2005 Babesiosis is an emerging, tick-transmitted, zoonotic disease caused by hematotropic parasites of the genus Babesia. Most cases of Babesial infections in humans have been acquired in temperate regions of the United States, Europe, France and England.
V. Date +3 more
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Diagnosis and management of human babesiosis
Tropical Parasitology, 2015 Babesiosis is a protozoan parasitic infection affecting humans and animals. These infections are commonly transmitted by various species of Ixodes ticks depending upon the geographical location. They can also be transmitted by packed cell transfusion and transplacental route from mother to child.
Dinoop Kp +2 more
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A case of human babesiosis in Denmark
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2013 We report the first human case of Babesia microti infection imported to Denmark from the United States by a 64 year old female traveller with fever of unknown origin. The case raises the possibility that Babesia-infections may be under-diagnosed, illustrates the importance of a thorough travel history and discusses important diagnostic pitfalls.
Holler, Jon G +8 more
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LABORATORY DIAGNOSTIC OF HUMAN BABESIOSIS
Russian Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics, 2019 Human babesiosis caused by parasitic protozoan Babesia spp. is sporadic zoonotic vector-borne infection. The course of babesiosis and prognosis depend on the type of pathogen and on the patient’s immunological status. Significance this disease is a severe, often fatal course with immunocompromissed patients resembling complicated falciparum malaria. In
I. V. Kukina, O. P. Zelya, L. S. Karan
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“Human Babesiosis”: An Emerging Transfusion Dilemma [PDF]
International Journal of Hepatology, 2012 Babesiosis, a common disease of animals, can infect humans via vector “tick bite”, particularly in endemic areas. The recent reports of fatal cases in Hepatitis C and postliver transplant patients resulting from transfusion of contaminated blood should alert the medical profession regarding this emerging dilemma in endemic as well as nonendemic areas ...
Helieh S. Oz, Karin H. Westlund
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Human babesiosis: Recent discoveries
Medicinski pregled, 2004 Introduction Babesiosis is caused by intraerythrocytic parasites of the genus Babesia, which is a common animal infection worldwide. This protozoa requires both a competent vertebrate and a nonvertebrate host (Ixodes sp. etc.) to maintain the transmission cycle.
M Aleksandar Dzamic +4 more
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Emergence of human babesiosis along the border of China with Myanmar: detection by PCR and confirmation by sequencing [PDF]
, 2014 Zhou Xia +6 more
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