Babesia divergens in human in Gansu province, China

Human babesiosis is an important tick-borne infectious disease. We investigated human babesiosis in the Gansu province and found that it is prevalent in this area with a prevalence of 1.3%. Results of gene sequencings indicate that 1.3% of patients were positive for Babesia divergens. This initial r...

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Autores principales: Wang, Jinming, Zhang, Shangdi, Yang, Jingqiong, Liu, Junlong, Zhang, Dekui, Li, Youquan, Luo, Jianxun, Guan, Guiquan, Yin, Hong
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6598508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31244397
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22221751.2019.1635431
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author Wang, Jinming
Zhang, Shangdi
Yang, Jingqiong
Liu, Junlong
Zhang, Dekui
Li, Youquan
Luo, Jianxun
Guan, Guiquan
Yin, Hong
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Zhang, Shangdi
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Liu, Junlong
Zhang, Dekui
Li, Youquan
Luo, Jianxun
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description Human babesiosis is an important tick-borne infectious disease. We investigated human babesiosis in the Gansu province and found that it is prevalent in this area with a prevalence of 1.3%. Results of gene sequencings indicate that 1.3% of patients were positive for Babesia divergens. This initial report of human B. divergens infections in Gansu Province should raise awareness of human babesiosis.
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spelling pubmed-65985082019-07-03 Babesia divergens in human in Gansu province, China Wang, Jinming Zhang, Shangdi Yang, Jingqiong Liu, Junlong Zhang, Dekui Li, Youquan Luo, Jianxun Guan, Guiquan Yin, Hong Emerg Microbes Infect Letter Human babesiosis is an important tick-borne infectious disease. We investigated human babesiosis in the Gansu province and found that it is prevalent in this area with a prevalence of 1.3%. Results of gene sequencings indicate that 1.3% of patients were positive for Babesia divergens. This initial report of human B. divergens infections in Gansu Province should raise awareness of human babesiosis. Taylor & Francis 2019-06-27 /pmc/articles/PMC6598508/ /pubmed/31244397 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22221751.2019.1635431 Text en © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group on behalf of Shanghai Shangyixun Cultural Communication Co., Ltd http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Wang, Jinming
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Babesia divergens in human in Gansu province, China
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