Retrospective seroepidemiological survey for human babesiosis in an area in Japan where a tick-borne disease is endemic

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 335-340

  Arai, Satoru ^a   Tsuji, Masayoshi ^b   Kaiho, Ikuo ^c   Murayama, Haruka ^b   Zamoto, Aya ^b   Wei, Qiang ^b   Okabe, Nobuhiko ^a   Kamiyama, Tsuneo ^a   Ishihara, Chiaki ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHIBA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Babesia microti; Human babesiosis; Japan; Serosurvey; Tick borne disease

Indexed keywords

ACARI; BABESIA MICROTI;

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ARACHNID VECTORS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS;

EID: 0038318850     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.65.335     Document Type: Article

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