2006
Reinfection and relapse in early Lyme disease.
KRAUSE PJ, FOLEY DT, BURKE GS, Christianson D, Closter L, Spielman A, _ _. Reinfection and relapse in early Lyme disease. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2006, 75: 1090-4. PMID: 17172372, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.75.1090.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly Lyme diseaseRecurrent episodesLyme diseaseErythema migransStandard antibiotic therapyInitial rashPrompt administrationAntibiotic therapyClinical manifestationsPrevent relapsePersistent infectionBody sitesDiseaseSequential episodesSpecific antibodiesEndemic sitesEpisodesReinfectionRelapseDetectable levelsFrequent contactVector ticksYearsRashSerology
2003
Increasing health burden of human babesiosis in endemic sites.
KRAUSE PJ, McKay K, Gadbaw J, Christianson D, Closter L, Lepore T, TELFORD SR, Sikand V, Ryan R, Persing D, RADOLF JD, Spielman A, _ _. Increasing health burden of human babesiosis in endemic sites. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2003, 68: 431-6. PMID: 12875292, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2003.68.431.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsYears of ageEndemic sitesCommunity-based serosurveysClinical spectrumHealth burdenPeople 20Borrelial infectionHuman infectionsBabesial infectionMore older adultsBabesia microtiBabesial antigensOlder adultsHuman babesiosisYoung adultsInfectionBorrelia burgdorferiIncidenceThree-fourthsAdultsAgePrudence IslandSeroprevalenceSerosurveyHospital