Babesiosis in lower Hudson valley, New York, USA

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 843-847

  Joseph, Julie T ^a   Roy, Sumith S ^a   Shams, Navid ^a   Visintainer, Paul ^b   Nadelman, Robert B ^a   Hosur, Srilatha ^a   Nelson, John ^a   Wormser, Gary P ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BAYSTATE HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE; AZITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; QUININE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DEATH; DRUG ERUPTION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEARING LOSS; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREVALENCE; QT PROLONGATION; SPLENECTOMY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TICK BITE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BABESIOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK;

EID: 79955755699     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1705.101334     Document Type: Article

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