Coinfection with Babesia microti and Borrelia burgdorferi in a Western Wisconsin resident

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 338-341

  Sweeney, Christopher J ^a   Ghassemi, Majid ^b   Agger, William A ^c   Persing, David H ^b  

^a Department of Medical Education ^*  (United States)

^b GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; IXODES; MYALGIA; NEURALGIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SUPERINFECTION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0031893356     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-6196(11)63699-9     Document Type: Article

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