Coinfection with Babesia microti and Borrelia burgdorferi

Infections in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 271-276

  Kim, Angela C ^a   Epstein, Marcia E ^a,b  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Babesiosis; Coinfection; Ixodes dammini

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012928498     PISSN: 07496524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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