2022
Epidemiology of Hospitalized Patients with Babesiosis, United States, 2010–2016 - Volume 28, Number 2—February 2022 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Bloch EM, Day JR, Krause PJ, Kjemtrup A, O’Brien S, Tobian AAR, Goel R. Epidemiology of Hospitalized Patients with Babesiosis, United States, 2010–2016 - Volume 28, Number 2—February 2022 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2022, 28: 354-362. PMID: 35076004, PMCID: PMC8798708, DOI: 10.3201/eid2802.210213.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Inpatient Sample databaseInfectious Diseases journal - CDCAnalysis of hospitalizationsHospitalized patientsAdvanced ageMortality rateHospitalizationSample databaseObservation periodEpidemiologyHigher severityPatientsBabesiosisDiagnosisUnited StatesReporting dataBabesiaAdmissionIllnessIncidenceDiseaseSeverity
2021
The Global Emergence of Human Babesiosis
Kumar A, O’Bryan J, Krause PJ. The Global Emergence of Human Babesiosis. Pathogens 2021, 10: 1447. PMID: 34832603, PMCID: PMC8623124, DOI: 10.3390/pathogens10111447.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHuman babesiosisPrimary clinical characteristicsEndemic diseaseGlobal health burdenHard-bodied ticksMode of transmissionFulminant casesTick-borne diseaseClinical characteristicsBlood transfusionDisease locationHealth burdenOrgan transplantationEpidemiologic toolIntraerythrocytic protozoaDiseaseBabesiosisInfectionLike agentsGlobal emergenceHuman pathogensUnited StatesBabesiaWide spectrumPredominant species