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Babesia and Human Babesiosis [PDF]

, 2022
Babesiosis, caused by tick-transmitted intraerythrocytic parasites (Babesia spp.), occurs worldwide. The disease mainly affects livestock, but records of infections in humans are increasing, and the disease is considered to be emerging worldwide.

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Combined Immunofluorescence (IFA) and Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) Assays for Diagnosing Babesiosis in Patients from the USA, Europe and Australia

Diagnostics, 2020
Apicomplexan parasites of the genus Babesia cause babesiosis in humans and animals worldwide. Human babesiosis is a predominantly zoonotic disease transmitted by hard ticks that is of increasing health concern in the USA and many other countries ...
Jyotsna S. Shah, Eddie Caoili, Marie Fe Patton, Snehal Tamhankar, Mu Mu Myint, Akhila Poruri, Olivia Mark, Richard I. Horowitz, Alan D. Ashbaugh, Ranjan Ramasamy   +9 more
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Human Babesia microti Incidence and Ixodes scapularis Distribution, Rhode Island, 1998–2004

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2007
Distribution of nymphal Ixodes scapularis in Rhode Island was used as a logistical regressor for predicting presence of human babesiosis. Although the incidence of babesiosis is increasing in southern Rhode Island, large areas of the state are free of ...
Sarah E. Rodgers, Thomas N. Mather
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Phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase is a viable target for the radical cure of Babesia microti infection in immunocompromised hosts

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022
Human babesiosis is a global emerging tick-borne disease caused by infection with intra-erythrocytic parasites of the genus Babesia. With the rise in human babesiosis cases, the discovery and development of new anti-Babesia drugs are essential ...
Shengwei Ji, Eloiza May Galon, Moaz M. Amer, Moaz M. Amer, Iqra Zafar, Masashi Yanagawa, Masahito Asada, Jinlin Zhou, Mingming Liu, Xuenan Xuan   +9 more
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[Human babesiosis]. [PDF]

Medecine et maladies infectieuses, 2007
Babesia is one of the most ubiquitous and widespread blood parasite in the world based on numbers and distribution of species in animals. The clinical presentation may vary according to the incriminated species. In some states of the USA this kind of infection is endemic; the number of cases reported in Europe is inferior but more life-threatening.
P, Meliani, S, Khatibi, S, Randazzo, A, Gorenflot, B, Marchou   +4 more
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Three Cases of Human Babesiosis, Italy, 2017-2020. [PDF]

Emerg Infect Dis
We report 3 cases of babesiosis in Italy caused by Babesia species that are rarely reported in humans. The circulation of Babesia spp. among vectors, animals, and humans might be more common than previously thought, and babesiosis might be an ...
Sepulcri C, Pincino R, Baldi F, Cenderello G, Zanet S, Boccolini D, Sannella AR, L'Episcopia M, Severini C, Bassetti M, Dentone C, Ferroglio E.   +11 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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Autochthonous Human Babesiosis Caused by Babesia venatorum, the Netherlands. [PDF]

Emerg Infect Dis
Severe babesiosis with 9.8% parasitemia was diagnosed in a patient in the Netherlands who had previously undergone splenectomy. We confirmed Babesia venatorum using PCR and sequencing. B.
Spoorenberg N, Köhler CF, Vermeulen E, Jurriaans S, Cornelissen M, Persson KEM, van Doorn I, Sprong H, Hovius JW, Zonneveld R.   +9 more
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A study on the pathogenesis of human cerebral malaria and cerebral babesiosis [PDF]

, 1992
Cerebral complications are important, but poorly understood pathological features of infections caused by some species of Plasmodium and Babesia. Patients dying from P.
Emsri Pongponratn, Nakamura, Kei-Ichirol, Pong Ponratin, Emsri, Tegoshi, Tatsuya, Tatsuya Tegoshi, Alan Cochrane, Cochrane, Alan, Kei-Ichiro Nakamura, Luiz S. Ozaki, Nagatake, Tsuyoshi, Masamichi Aikawa, Tsuyoshi Nagatake, Ozaki, Luiz Shozo   +12 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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