Transfusion-acquired, autochthonous human babesiosis in Japan: Isolation of Babesia microti-Like parasites with hu-RBC-SCID mice

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 4511-4516

  Saito Ito, A ^a   Tsuji, M ^a   Wei, Q ^a   He, S ^a   Matsui, T ^a   Kohsaki, M ^a   Arai, S ^a   Kamiyama, T ^a   Hioki, K ^a   Ishihara, C ^a  

^a RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CROSS REACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JAPAN; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCID MOUSE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA MICROTI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034459004     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.12.4511-4516.2000     Document Type: Article

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