Anthemosoma garnhami in an HIV-Infected Man from Zimbabwe Living in South Africa

An HIV-positive man from Zimbabwe living in South Africa sought treatment for multiple clinical signs, including fever, weight loss, anemia, and splenomegaly. We identified in his blood an African rodent piroplasm, Anthemosoma garnhami, related to Babesia species. This finding extends the known geog...

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Autores principales: Stead, David, du Plessis, Desiree, Sun, Lisa Ming, Frean, John
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8237893/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34152971
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2707.204759
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description An HIV-positive man from Zimbabwe living in South Africa sought treatment for multiple clinical signs, including fever, weight loss, anemia, and splenomegaly. We identified in his blood an African rodent piroplasm, Anthemosoma garnhami, related to Babesia species. This finding extends the known geographic and host range of A. garnhami.
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spelling pubmed-82378932021-07-09 Anthemosoma garnhami in an HIV-Infected Man from Zimbabwe Living in South Africa Stead, David du Plessis, Desiree Sun, Lisa Ming Frean, John Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter An HIV-positive man from Zimbabwe living in South Africa sought treatment for multiple clinical signs, including fever, weight loss, anemia, and splenomegaly. We identified in his blood an African rodent piroplasm, Anthemosoma garnhami, related to Babesia species. This finding extends the known geographic and host range of A. garnhami. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021-07 /pmc/articles/PMC8237893/ /pubmed/34152971 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2707.204759 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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Stead, David
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Sun, Lisa Ming
Frean, John
Anthemosoma garnhami in an HIV-Infected Man from Zimbabwe Living in South Africa
title Anthemosoma garnhami in an HIV-Infected Man from Zimbabwe Living in South Africa
title_full Anthemosoma garnhami in an HIV-Infected Man from Zimbabwe Living in South Africa
title_fullStr Anthemosoma garnhami in an HIV-Infected Man from Zimbabwe Living in South Africa
title_full_unstemmed Anthemosoma garnhami in an HIV-Infected Man from Zimbabwe Living in South Africa
title_short Anthemosoma garnhami in an HIV-Infected Man from Zimbabwe Living in South Africa
title_sort anthemosoma garnhami in an hiv-infected man from zimbabwe living in south africa
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8237893/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34152971
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2707.204759
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