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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.
Parija, Subhash Chandra, KP, Dinoop, Venugopal, Hrudya   +2 more
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BABESIOSIS IN HUMANS

PROBLEMS of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
Babesiosis 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.
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“Human Babesiosis”: An Emerging Transfusion Dilemma

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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Human babesiosis [PDF]

Medical news of the North Caucasus, 2020
Olga Petrovna Zelya, Irina Vasilievna Kukina   +1 more
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Babesiosis and Malaria in the United States: Epidemiology, Research Funding, Medical Progress, & Recommendations for Improvement

Epidemiologia
Background: Babesiosis and malaria are infectious diseases caused by the intraerythrocytic parasites Babesia and Plasmodium, respectively. While no human red blood cell (RBC) receptors have been shown to be essential for B.
Ryan P. Jajosky, Wenhui Li, Audrey N. Jajosky, Philip G. Jajosky, Sean R. Stowell   +4 more
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Case Report: Concurrent Babesiosis and GCA/PMR

Immunity, Inflammation and Disease
Background 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, Haohua Huang, Lichang Chen, Simin Guo, Qi‐Ming Gong   +4 more
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Reduced Cholesterol Levels during Acute Human Babesiosis. [PDF]

Pathogens, 2023
Marcos LA, Vorkas CK, Mann I, Garry E, Lamba P, Pham SK, Spector R, Papamanoli A, Krivacsy S, Lum M, Zahra A, Hou W, Spitzer ED.   +12 more
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A high-resolution melting approach for the simultaneous differentiation of five human babesiosis-causing Babesia species. [PDF]

Parasit Vectors, 2023
Wang Y, Zhang S, Li X, Nian Y, Liu X, Liu J, Yin H, Guan G, Wang J.   +8 more
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Transmission risk evaluation of transfusion blood containing low-density Babesia microti

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
BackgroundBabesia is a unique apicomplexan parasite that specifically invades and proliferates in red blood cells and can be transmitted via blood transfusion, resulting in transfusion-transmitted babesiosis.
Yuchun Cai, Yuchun Cai, Bin Xu, Bin Xu, Xiufeng Liu, Wenwu Yang, Ziran Mo, Bin Zheng, Bin Zheng, Jiaxu Chen, Jiaxu Chen, Wei Hu, Wei Hu, Wei Hu, Wei Hu   +14 more
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Imported human babesiosis in the Republic of Korea, 2019: two case reports. [PDF]

Parasites Hosts Dis, 2023
Kim HJ, Kim MJ, Shin HI, Ju JW, Lee HI.
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