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Human babesiosis, an emerging tick-borne disease in the People’s Republic of China

Parasites & Vectors, 2014
Babesiosis is a typical zoonotic, emerging disease caused by a tick-borne intraerythrocytic protozoan of Babesia spp. that also can be transmitted by blood transfusion. Babesiosis imposes an increasing public-health threat.
Xia Zhou, Shang Xia, Ji-Lei Huang, Ernest Tambo, Hong-Xiang Zhuge, Xiao-Nong Zhou   +5 more
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Hyponatraemia and syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion in non-azotaemic dogs with babesiosis associated with decreased arterial blood pressure

Journal of Veterinary Research, 2019
A previous study on canine babesiosis showed low serum tonicity in affected dogs, which may result from syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH).
Gójska-Zygner Olga, Bartosik Justyna, Górski Paweł, Zygner Wojciech   +3 more
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A Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) Test for Diagnosing Babesiosis

Diagnostics, 2020
Apicomplexan parasites of the genus Babesia cause babesiosis in humans and animals. The microscopic examination of stained blood smears, detection of serum antibodies by immunoassays, and PCR-based identification of parasite nucleic acid in blood are ...
Jyotsna S. Shah, Olivia Mark, Eddie Caoili, Akhila Poruri, Richard I. Horowitz, Alan D. Ashbaugh, Ranjan Ramasamy   +6 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, Heba F. Alzan, Vignesh A. Rathinasamy, Brian M. Cooke, Odir A. Dellagostin, Raúl G. Barletta, Carlos E. Suarez   +6 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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Predictors of clinically significant bleeding in dogs with severe thrombocytopenia: 159 cases (2012‐2021)

Journal of Small Animal Practice, EarlyView.
Objectives To evaluate risk factors for clinically significant bleeding in dogs with severe thrombocytopenia and to assess whether predictors of bleeding differ between immune thrombocytopenia and other causes, and whether platelet mass is more predictive than platelet count.
G. Smith, E. D. Bennet, A. E. Ridyard
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Come together: Data sharing to support one health responses to vector‐borne disease threats

Medical and Veterinary Entomology, EarlyView.
A One Health framework integrating diverse data across human, animal and environmental sectors is essential for effective surveillance and response is vital for responding to vector‐borne disease risks. Communities adopting global data standards, depositing data in shared repositories, and responsible data use can significantly improve VBD data ...
Francis Windram, Sarah Kelly, Stanislav Modrak, Isabelle Dietrich, Corrado Minetti, Karen L. Mansfield, Frederik Seelig, Adam M. Fisher, Maisie Vollans, Nina Billows, Fahad Ahmed, Marta Shocket, Susana Campino, Scott Tytheridge, Sara L. Gandy, Estela Gonzalez, Jolyon M. Medlock, Matthew Baylis, Grant L. Hughes, David A. Ewing, Bethan V. Purse, Georgia Kirby, Clare Strode, Arran J. Folly, David Starns, Heather Ferguson, Simon Smith‐Mullally, Helen Roberts, Christopher M. Jones, Hannah Rose Vineer, Marion England, Christopher Sanders, Samraat Pawar, William D. Pearse, Steven M. White, Robert T. Jones, Lauren J. Cator   +36 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, Peter J. Krause, Laura Tonnetti   +2 more
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Causes and Outcome of Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome in Dogs: An Observational Study of 172 Cases

Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the clinical characteristics, underlying diseases, organ dysfunctions, and survival of dogs with systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) or sepsis. Design Prospective observational study from January to December, 2023. Setting Single‐center, veterinary university teaching hospital.
Myriam A. Knopf, Christiane Weingart, Roswitha Merle, Teresa Sandbrink, Antina Lübke‐Becker, Marcus Fulde, Caroline Robé, Marianne Skrodzki, Uwe Rösler, Stefan Schwarz, Barbara Kohn   +10 more
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Babesiosis Occurrence among the Elderly in the United States, as Recorded in Large Medicare Databases during 2006-2013.

PLoS ONE, 2015
BackgroundHuman babesiosis, caused by intraerythrocytic protozoan parasites, can be an asymptomatic or mild-to-severe disease that may be fatal. The study objective was to assess babesiosis occurrence among the U.S.
Mikhail Menis, Richard A Forshee, Sanjai Kumar, Stephen McKean, Rob Warnock, Hector S Izurieta, Rahul Gondalia, Chris Johnson, Paul D Mintz, Mark O Walderhaug, Christopher M Worrall, Jeffrey A Kelman, Steven A Anderson   +12 more
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