Human babesiosis - A rare but potentially dangerous zoonosis;Humane Babesiose - eine seltene, aber potenziell gefährliche Zoonose

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 139, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 957-962

  Hildebrandt, A ^a   Hunfeld, K P ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Babesia; ticks; zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BABESIA; BABESIA DIVERGENS; BABESIA MICROTI; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IXODIDAE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PIROPLASMOSIS; REVIEW; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; TICK BITE; ZOONOSIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; COINFECTION; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MASS SCREENING; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TICK BITES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84899494525     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: 14394413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1369936     Document Type: Review

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