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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 Caused by Babesia venatorum, Russia, 2024 [PDF]
Emerging Infectious DiseasesWe report a case of acute babesiosis in a splenectomized 63-year-old man in Siberia, Russia. We confirmed the causative agent, Babesia venatorum, by PCR.
Olga P. Zelya +4 more
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Harnessing Mycobacterium bovis BCG Trained Immunity to Control Human and Bovine Babesiosis
Vaccines, 2022 Babesiosis is a disease caused by tickborne hemoprotozoan apicomplexan parasites of the genus Babesia that negatively impacts public health and food security worldwide.
Reginaldo G. Bastos +6 more
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Preventing Transfusion-Transmitted Babesiosis
Pathogens, 2021 Babesia are tick-borne intra-erythrocytic parasites and the causative agents of babesiosis. Babesia, which are readily transfusion transmissible, gained recognition as a major risk to the blood supply, particularly in the United States (US), where ...
Evan M. Bloch +2 more
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Fatal Babesiosis in Man, Finland, 2004
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2010 We report an unusual case of human babesiosis in Finland in a 53-year-old man with no history of splenectomy. He had a rudimentary spleen, coexisting Lyme borreliosis, exceptional dark streaks on his extremities, and subsequent disseminated aspergillosis.
Karita Haapasalo +4 more
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Problems of Infectious and Parasitic DiseasesBabesiosis is a tick-borne parasitic disease caused by the intraerythrocytic protozoan Babesia spp. and transmitted primarily by Ixodes ticks. The geographical distribution of the parasites coincides with the regions where their tick vectors are prevalent.
Zornitsa Traykova
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Reduced Cholesterol Levels during Acute Human Babesiosis. [PDF]
Pathogens, 2023 BACKGROUND: Babesiosis, an intra-erythrocytic protozoan disease, is an emerging zoonotic parasitic disease worldwide. Cholesterol levels are correlated with severe infections, such as sepsis and COVID-19, and anecdotal reports suggest that high-density ...
Marcos LA +12 more
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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 ...
Helieh S. Oz, Karin H. Westlund
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Case Report: Concurrent Babesiosis and GCA/PMR
Immunity, Inflammation and DiseaseBackground Babesiosis is a tick‐transmitted illness caused by intraerythrocytic protozoa of the genus babesia. The severity of babesiosis ranges from asymptomatic infection to fatal disease. Giant cell arteritis (GCA) and polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) are
Xiaolin Wang +4 more
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Babesiosis: Analysis of the Evidence for Infections in the United Kingdom
International Journal of General MedicineMichael J Cook,1 Basant K Puri2– 4 1Vis À Vis Symposiums, Bury St Edmunds, UK; 2CAR, Cambridge, UK; 3Department of Psychology, Neapolis University, Pafos, 8042, Cyprus; 4Faculty of Health and Wellbeing, University of Winchester, Winchester ...
Cook MJ, Puri BK
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