A fatal case of babesiosis in Missouri: Identification of another piroplasm that infects humans

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 643-650

  Herwaldt, Barbara L ^d   Persing, David H ^d   Précigout, Eric A ^a   Goff, W L ^b   Mathiesen, Dane A ^d   Taylor, Philip W ^c   Eberhard, M L ^d   Gorenflot, André F ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cape Girardeau Physician Associates   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; QUININE SULFATE; RIBOSOME DNA;

AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CATTLE; DNA SEQUENCE; HAMSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 0029863488     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-124-7-199604010-00004     Document Type: Article

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