Human babesiosis in Germany: Just overlooked or truly new?

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 298, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 336-346

  Hildebrandt, Anke ^a   Tenter, Astrid M ^b   Straube, Eberhard ^a   Hunfeld, Klaus Peter ^c  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Babesiosis; Clinics; Diagnostics; Europe; Humans; Therapy

Indexed keywords

BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; GERMANY; HUMAN; IXODES RICINUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 48349085165     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2007.11.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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