Babesia infections in man

Hospital Practice
G R Healy

Abstract

Only recently has it been recognized that hemotropic animal parasites of the genus babesia are also human pathogens. Similar to malaria in both symptoms and laboratory findings, acute babesiosis generally results in self-limited illness, but it can be fatal in the asplenic patient. The widely disseminated vector tick, Ixodes dammini, can transmit infection at each stage of its development, larva and nymph as well as adult.

References

Jan 1, 1978·The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene·E S ChisholmG R Healy
Jan 1, 1977·Annals of Internal Medicine·T K ReubushG R Healy
Oct 13, 1977·The New England Journal of Medicine·T K RuebushA J Sulzer
Nov 1, 1976·The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene·A Spielman

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Citations

Nov 6, 1980·The New England Journal of Medicine·G A JacobyA Spielman
Oct 1, 1982·Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology·K G LiddellH Williams
Nov 14, 2000·Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America·T J WangN A Shadick
Jan 1, 1991·Journal of Clinical Microbiology·P J KrauseA Spielman

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