Babesiosis acquired through blood transfusion, California, USA

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 785-787

  Van, Ngo ^a   Civen, Rachel ^a  

^a LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE; AZITHROMYCIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMATEMESIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; JOINT SWELLING; NORMOCHROMIC NORMOCYTIC ANEMIA; RASH; SEROLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CALIFORNIA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 66149107970     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1505.081562     Document Type: Article

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