Two tick-borne diseases in one: A case report of concurrent babesiosis and Lyme disease in Ontario

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 160, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 1851-1853

  Dos Santos, Claudia C ^a   Kain, Kevin C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; QUININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BABESIOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MALE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0033614749     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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