Babesia divergens-like Infection, Washington State

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 622-629

  Herwaldt, Barbara L ^a   De Bruyn, Guy ^b   Pieniazek, Norman J ^a   Homer, Mary ^c   Lofy, Kathryn H ^a,d   Slemenda, Susan B ^a   Fritsche, Thomas R ^b   Persing, David H ^c   Limaye, Ajit P ^b,e  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABESIA DIVERGENS; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HAMSTER; HUMAN; INOCULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITEMIA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 1842484215     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1004.030377     Document Type: Article

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