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Babesia in a Nonsplenectomized Patient Requiring Exchange Transfusion

Babesiosis is a tick born zoonosis caused by red blood cell parasites of the genus Babesia. It is caused predominantly by B. microti and B. divergens, microti being more common in the US. The parasites are transmitted by Ixodes tick to their host but infection can also spread by blood transfusion an...

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Autores principales: Sharma, Dikshya, Mudduluru, Bindu, Moussaly, Elias, Mobarakai, Neville, Hurford, Matthew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4677028/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26693364
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/405263