Southern extension of the range of human babesiosis in the Eastern United States

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2051-2052

  Eskow, Eugene S ^a   Krause, Peter J ^b,d   Spielman, Andrew ^c   Freeman, Kathy ^b   Aslanzadeh, Jaber ^b  

^a University of Connecticut ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Farmington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION;

BABESIA MICROTI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032930596     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.6.2051-2052.1999     Document Type: Article

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