Concurrent Lyme disease and babesiosis: Evidence for increased severity and duration of illness

JAMA

Volumn 275, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 1657-1660

  Krause, Peter J ^a   Telford III, Sam R ^b   Spielman, Andrew ^b   Sikand, Vijay ^c   Ryan, Raymond ^a   Christianson, Diane ^a   Burke, Georgine ^a   Brassard, Peter ^d   Pollack, Richard ^b   Peck, Judith ^a   Persing, David H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BABESIOSIS; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 15844364006     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.275.21.1657     Document Type: Article

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