Epidemiological, clinical, and laboratory characteristics of 48 cases of "Babesia venatorum" infection in China: A descriptive study

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 196-203

  Jiang, Jia Fu ^a   Zheng, Yuan Chun ^b   Jiang, Rui Ruo ^a   Li, Hao ^a   Huo, Qiu Bo ^b   Jiang, Bao Gui ^a   Sun, Yi ^a   Jia, Na ^a   Wang, Ya Wei ^a   Ma, Lan ^a   Liu, Hong Bo ^a   Chu, Yan Li ^b   Ni, Xue Bing ^a   Liu, Kun ^a   Song, Yu Dong ^b   Yao, Nan Nan ^b   Wang, Hong ^a   Sun, Tie ^b   Cao, Wu Chun ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^b Mudanjiang Forestry Central Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CD31 ANTIGEN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 3; PADGEM PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BABESIA VENATORUM INFECTION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIZZINESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERSOMNIA; INFANT; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; PIROPLASMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPLENECTOMY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TICK BITE; ANIMAL; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA SEQUENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TICK BITES; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921263166     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(14)71046-1     Document Type: Article

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