Human Babesiosis, Bolivia, 2013

To investigate human babesiosis in the Bolivian Chaco, in 2013 we tested blood samples from 271 healthy persons living in 2 rural communities in this region. Microscopy and PCR indicated that 3.3% of persons were positive for Babesia microti parasites (US lineage); seroprevalence was 45.7%. Appropri...

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Autores principales: Gabrielli, Simona, Totino, Valentina, Macchioni, Fabio, Zuñiga, Freddy, Rojas, Patricia, Lara, Yuni, Roselli, Mimmo, Bartoloni, Alessandro, Cancrini, Gabriella
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4982153/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27434696
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2208.150195
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author Gabrielli, Simona
Totino, Valentina
Macchioni, Fabio
Zuñiga, Freddy
Rojas, Patricia
Lara, Yuni
Roselli, Mimmo
Bartoloni, Alessandro
Cancrini, Gabriella
author_facet Gabrielli, Simona
Totino, Valentina
Macchioni, Fabio
Zuñiga, Freddy
Rojas, Patricia
Lara, Yuni
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description To investigate human babesiosis in the Bolivian Chaco, in 2013 we tested blood samples from 271 healthy persons living in 2 rural communities in this region. Microscopy and PCR indicated that 3.3% of persons were positive for Babesia microti parasites (US lineage); seroprevalence was 45.7%. Appropriate screening should mitigate the risk for transfusion-associated babesiosis.
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spelling pubmed-49821532016-08-12 Human Babesiosis, Bolivia, 2013 Gabrielli, Simona Totino, Valentina Macchioni, Fabio Zuñiga, Freddy Rojas, Patricia Lara, Yuni Roselli, Mimmo Bartoloni, Alessandro Cancrini, Gabriella Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch To investigate human babesiosis in the Bolivian Chaco, in 2013 we tested blood samples from 271 healthy persons living in 2 rural communities in this region. Microscopy and PCR indicated that 3.3% of persons were positive for Babesia microti parasites (US lineage); seroprevalence was 45.7%. Appropriate screening should mitigate the risk for transfusion-associated babesiosis. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4982153/ /pubmed/27434696 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2208.150195 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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