2001
Coinfecting Deer-Associated Zoonoses: Lyme Disease, Babesiosis, and Ehrlichiosis
Goldstein E, Thompson C, Spielman A, Krause P. Coinfecting Deer-Associated Zoonoses: Lyme Disease, Babesiosis, and Ehrlichiosis. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2001, 33: 676-685. PMID: 11486290, DOI: 10.1086/322681.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLyme diseaseDuration of symptomsHuman granulocytic ehrlichiosisTickborne infectionClinical managementHealth burdenHuman coinfectionsDiagnostic proceduresGranulocytic ehrlichiosisDisease syndromeHuman babesiosisRodent reservoirsHuman hostInfectionDiseaseEhrlichiosisDiversity of pathogensBabesiosisPathogensCoinfectionSyndromeSymptomsIncidenceVector host
1996
Concurrent Lyme Disease and Babesiosis: Evidence for Increased Severity and Duration of Illness
Krause P, Telford S, Spielman A, Sikand V, Ryan R, Christianson D, Burke G, Brassard P, Pollack R, Peck J, Persing D. Concurrent Lyme Disease and Babesiosis: Evidence for Increased Severity and Duration of Illness. JAMA 1996, 275: 1657-1660. DOI: 10.1001/jama.1996.03530450047031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConcurrent Lyme diseaseDuration of illnessLyme diseaseClinic-based cohort studyBabesial infectionDuration of symptomsNumber of symptomsCoinfected PatientsSpirochete antigenCohort studyIncreased SeverityPatientsMore symptomsMedical clinicsPersistent episodesSymptomsDiseaseSpirochetal DNAEmotional labilityInfectionBabesial antigensIllnessBabesiosisClinicAntigen