Human babesiosis in Japan: Isolation of Babesia microti-like parasites from an asymptomatic transfusion donor and from a rodent from an area where babesiosis is endemic

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2178-2183

  Wei, Q ^a   Tsuji, M ^a   Zamoto, A ^a   Kohsaki, M ^a   Matsui, T ^a   Shiota, T ^a   Telford III, S R ^a   Ishihara, C ^a  

^a RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCID MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARRIER STATE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MICE; MICE, SCID; MURIDAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; APODEMUS SPECIOSUS; BABESIA; BABESIA MICROTI; PROTOZOA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0035014919     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.6.2178-2183.2001     Document Type: Article

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