Fatal human babesiosis caused by Babesia divergens in an asplenic host

We report a fatal case of human babesiosis caused by bovine pathogen Babesia divergens in Russia. Falciparum malaria was falsely diagnosed due to the presence of small ring forms in the blood smear. Laboratory diagnosis can distinguish between babesiosis and malaria according to the examination of s...

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Autores principales: Kukina, Irina V., Guzeeva, Tatiana M., Zelya, Olga P., Ganushkina, Ludmila A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6070674/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30073148
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2018.e00414
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Sumario:We report a fatal case of human babesiosis caused by bovine pathogen Babesia divergens in Russia. Falciparum malaria was falsely diagnosed due to the presence of small ring forms in the blood smear. Laboratory diagnosis can distinguish between babesiosis and malaria according to the examination of stained blood smears.

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