Molecular characterization of a non-Babesia divergens organism causing zoonotic babesiosis in Europe

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 942-948

  Herwaldt, Barbara L ^a   Cacciò, Simone ^b   Gherlinzoni, Filippo ^c   Aspöck, Horst ^d   Slemenda, Susan B ^a   Piccaluga, PierPaolo ^c   Martinelli, Giovanni ^c   Edelhofer, Renate ^e   Hollenstein, Ursula ^f   Poletti, Giovanni ^c   Pampiglione, Silvio ^c   Löschenberger, Karin ^e   Tura, Sante ^c   Pieniazek, Norman J ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^f University Hospital for Internal Medicine II   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; QUININE SULFATE; RNA 18S;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPLENIA; AUSTRIA; BABESIA DIVERGENS; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; FOLLOW UP; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GERBIL; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042125540     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0908.020748     Document Type: Article

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