Babesiosis in immunocompetent patients, Europe

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 114-116

  Martinot, Martin ^a   Zadeh, Mahsa Mohseni ^a   Hansmann, Yves ^b   Grawey, Isabelle ^a   Christmann, Daniel ^b   Aguillon, Sarah ^a   Jouglin, Maggy ^c,d   Chauvin, Alain ^c,d   de Briel, Dominique ^a  

^a Hôpitaux Civils de Colmar   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^c LUNAM UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; AZITHROMYCIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DNA 18S; DOXYCYCLINE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; RIBOSOME DNA;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BABESIA DIVERGENS; BABESIOSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG RESPONSE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GENE SEQUENCE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MYALGIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TICK BITE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TROPHOZOITE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BITES AND STINGS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; TICKS;

EID: 78651085110     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1701.100737     Document Type: Article

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