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Babesia microti Infection, Eastern Pennsylvania, USA

Infection with Babesia microti has not been well-described in eastern Pennsylvania, USA, despite the vector of this organism being prevalent. We report 3 cases of babesiosis in eastern Pennsylvania in persons without recent travel outside the region or history of blood transfusions, suggesting emerg...

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Autores principales: Acosta, Marcela E. Perez, Ender, Peter T., Smith, Erin M., Jahre, Jeffrey A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3713976/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23764008
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1907.121593
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description Infection with Babesia microti has not been well-described in eastern Pennsylvania, USA, despite the vector of this organism being prevalent. We report 3 cases of babesiosis in eastern Pennsylvania in persons without recent travel outside the region or history of blood transfusions, suggesting emergence of this infection.
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spelling pubmed-37139762013-07-30 Babesia microti Infection, Eastern Pennsylvania, USA Acosta, Marcela E. Perez Ender, Peter T. Smith, Erin M. Jahre, Jeffrey A. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Infection with Babesia microti has not been well-described in eastern Pennsylvania, USA, despite the vector of this organism being prevalent. We report 3 cases of babesiosis in eastern Pennsylvania in persons without recent travel outside the region or history of blood transfusions, suggesting emergence of this infection. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013-07 /pmc/articles/PMC3713976/ /pubmed/23764008 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1907.121593 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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title_full_unstemmed Babesia microti Infection, Eastern Pennsylvania, USA
title_short Babesia microti Infection, Eastern Pennsylvania, USA
title_sort babesia microti infection, eastern pennsylvania, usa
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3713976/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23764008
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