Babesiosis: An update on epidemiology and treatment

Current Infectious Disease Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-58

  Gelfand, Jeffrey A ^a   Callahan, Michael V ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTESUNATE; ATOVAQUONE; AZITHROMYCIN; CHLOROQUINE; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; FANSIDAR; MEPACRINE; MINOCYCLINE; PENTAMIDINE ISETHIONATE; PRIMAQUINE; PYRIMETHAMINE; QUININE; SULFADIAZINE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANEMIA; ANTIBODY TITER; BABESIA DIVERGENS; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FEVER; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 0242367204     PISSN: 15233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11908-003-0065-z     Document Type: Review

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