Imported Human Babesiosis, Singapore, 2018

In 2018, Babesia microti infection was diagnosed for a 37-year-old man in Singapore who acquired the infection in the United States. This case highlights the recent rise of tickborne infections in the United States and the risk for their spread, because of increasing global interconnectivity, to reg...

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Autores principales: Lim, Poh-Lian, Chavatte, Jean-Marc, Vasoo, Shawn, Yang, Jonathan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7101113/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32023203
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2604.200025
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description In 2018, Babesia microti infection was diagnosed for a 37-year-old man in Singapore who acquired the infection in the United States. This case highlights the recent rise of tickborne infections in the United States and the risk for their spread, because of increasing global interconnectivity, to regions where they are not endemic.
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spelling pubmed-71011132020-04-03 Imported Human Babesiosis, Singapore, 2018 Lim, Poh-Lian Chavatte, Jean-Marc Vasoo, Shawn Yang, Jonathan Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter In 2018, Babesia microti infection was diagnosed for a 37-year-old man in Singapore who acquired the infection in the United States. This case highlights the recent rise of tickborne infections in the United States and the risk for their spread, because of increasing global interconnectivity, to regions where they are not endemic. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-04 /pmc/articles/PMC7101113/ /pubmed/32023203 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2604.200025 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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title_short Imported Human Babesiosis, Singapore, 2018
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7101113/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32023203
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2604.200025
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