Comparison of a quantitative PCR assay with peripheral blood smear examination for detection and quantitation of Babesia microti infection in humans

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 109-113

  Wang, Guiqing ^a,b   Villafuerte, Patrick ^a   Zhuge, Jian ^b   Visintainer, Paul ^c   Wormser, Gary P ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Babesia microti; Babesiosis; Microscopic examination; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE; AZITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; RNA 18S;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIA MICROTI GENE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DOSAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PIROPLASMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG MONITORING; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROSCOPY; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929050144     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2015.03.010     Document Type: Article

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