Expansion of zoonotic babesiosis and reported human cases, Connecticut, 2001-2010

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 245-252

  Stafford III, Kirby C ^a   Williams, Scott C ^a   Magnarelli, Louis A ^a   Bharadwaj, Anuja ^b   Ertel, Starr Hope ^c   Nelson, Randall S ^c  

^a Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector Borne Diseases   (United States)

^b Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection ^*  (United States)

^c CDC   (United States)

Author keywords

Babesia microti; epidemiology; Human babesiosis; Peromyscus leucopus; white footed mouse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PEROMYSCUS; PIROPLASMOSIS; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BABESIOSIS; CONNECTICUT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MICE; PEROMYSCUS; PREVALENCE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84893112544     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME13154     Document Type: Article

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