Babesia microti, upstate New York

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 476-478

  Kogut, Sarah J ^a   Thill, Charles D ^a   Prusinski, Melissa A ^a   Lee, Joon Hak ^a,c   Backenson, P Bryon ^a   Coleman, James L ^a   Anand, Madhu ^a   White, Dennis J ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; TICK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 14644446046     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1103.040599     Document Type: Article

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