The first case of locally acquired tick-borne Babesia microti infection in Canada

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2014, Pages e87-e89

  Bullard, Jared M P ^a,b   Ahsanuddin, Arshad N ^b   Perry, Anamarija M ^b   Lindsay, L Robbin ^b,c   Iranpour, Mahmood ^c   Dibernardo, Antonia ^c   Van Caeseele, Paul G ^a,b  

^a CADHAM PROVINCIAL LABORATORY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Babesia microti; Babesiosis; Blacklegged ticks; Canada; Emerging infection; Local acquisition

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; ATOVAQUONE; AZITHROMYCIN; BILIRUBIN; RNA 18S;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASPLENIA; BABESIA MICROTI; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CANADA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DEXTROCARDIA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOPITUITARISM; LABORATORY TEST; MALAISE; MALE; MALROTATION SYNDROME; MEDICAL HISTORY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICIAN; PIROPLASMOSIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; TICK BORNE DISEASE; URINE VOLUME;

EID: 84918580846     PISSN: 17129532     EISSN: 19181493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/209521     Document Type: Article

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