Babesiosis in Immunocompetent Patients, Europe

We report 2 cases of babesiosis in immunocompetent patients in France. A severe influenza-like disease developed in both patients 2 weeks after they had been bitten by ticks. Diagnosis was obtained from blood smears, and Babesia divergens was identified by PCR in 1 case. Babesiosis in Europe occurs...

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Autores principales: Martinot, Martin, Zadeh, Mahsa Mohseni, Hansmann, Yves, Grawey, Isabelle, Christmann, Daniel, Aguillon, Sarah, Jouglin, Maggy, Chauvin, Alain, De Briel, Dominique
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3204631/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21192869
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1701.100737
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author Martinot, Martin
Zadeh, Mahsa Mohseni
Hansmann, Yves
Grawey, Isabelle
Christmann, Daniel
Aguillon, Sarah
Jouglin, Maggy
Chauvin, Alain
De Briel, Dominique
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Zadeh, Mahsa Mohseni
Hansmann, Yves
Grawey, Isabelle
Christmann, Daniel
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description We report 2 cases of babesiosis in immunocompetent patients in France. A severe influenza-like disease developed in both patients 2 weeks after they had been bitten by ticks. Diagnosis was obtained from blood smears, and Babesia divergens was identified by PCR in 1 case. Babesiosis in Europe occurs in healthy patients, not only in splenectomized patients.
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spelling pubmed-32046312011-11-03 Babesiosis in Immunocompetent Patients, Europe Martinot, Martin Zadeh, Mahsa Mohseni Hansmann, Yves Grawey, Isabelle Christmann, Daniel Aguillon, Sarah Jouglin, Maggy Chauvin, Alain De Briel, Dominique Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We report 2 cases of babesiosis in immunocompetent patients in France. A severe influenza-like disease developed in both patients 2 weeks after they had been bitten by ticks. Diagnosis was obtained from blood smears, and Babesia divergens was identified by PCR in 1 case. Babesiosis in Europe occurs in healthy patients, not only in splenectomized patients. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3204631/ /pubmed/21192869 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1701.100737 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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De Briel, Dominique
Babesiosis in Immunocompetent Patients, Europe
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