First Report of Babesia microti-Caused Babesiosis in Spain

Babesiosis is an emerging zoonosis now found in several areas of the world. Using PCR and indirect immunofluorescence assay, we have diagnosed the first case of human babesiosis caused by Babesia microti in Spain. Diagnosis was delayed because of the nonspecific clinical symptoms that occurred in an...

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Autores principales: Arsuaga, Marta, Gonzalez, Luis M., Lobo, Cheryl A., de la Calle, Fernando, Bautista, Jose M., Azcárate, Isabel G., Puente, Sabino, Montero, Estrella
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. 2016
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Short Communications
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5065027/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27560451
http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2016.1946
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author Arsuaga, Marta
Gonzalez, Luis M.
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de la Calle, Fernando
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description Babesiosis is an emerging zoonosis now found in several areas of the world. Using PCR and indirect immunofluorescence assay, we have diagnosed the first case of human babesiosis caused by Babesia microti in Spain. Diagnosis was delayed because of the nonspecific clinical symptoms that occurred in an immunocompetent patient.
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spelling pubmed-50650272016-10-26 First Report of Babesia microti-Caused Babesiosis in Spain Arsuaga, Marta Gonzalez, Luis M. Lobo, Cheryl A. de la Calle, Fernando Bautista, Jose M. Azcárate, Isabel G. Puente, Sabino Montero, Estrella Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis Short Communications Babesiosis is an emerging zoonosis now found in several areas of the world. Using PCR and indirect immunofluorescence assay, we have diagnosed the first case of human babesiosis caused by Babesia microti in Spain. Diagnosis was delayed because of the nonspecific clinical symptoms that occurred in an immunocompetent patient. Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. 2016-10-01 2016-10-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5065027/ /pubmed/27560451 http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2016.1946 Text en © Marta Arsuaga, et al., 2016; Published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. This Open Access article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited.
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