Serological and parasitological study and report of the first case of human babesiosis in Colombia

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 493-498

  Ríos, Leonardo ^a   Alvarez, Gonzalo ^a   Blair, Silvia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^b NONE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Babesia; Blood smear; Human babesiosis; Indirect immunofluorescence antibody test (IFA); Malaria

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD SMEAR; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SWEATING;

BABESIA; BABESIA BOVIS; BOS TAURUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0042009937     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822003000400010     Document Type: Article

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