2008
Human Babesiosis
Vannier E, Gewurz BE, Krause PJ. Human Babesiosis. Infectious Disease Clinics Of North America 2008, 22: 469-488. PMID: 18755385, PMCID: PMC3998201, DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2008.03.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBabesial infectionHuman babesiosisCombination of atovaquoneTreatment of choiceSpecific laboratory diagnosisModerate illnessExchange transfusionPolymerase chain reactionSevere diseaseLaboratory diagnosisMorphologic examinationBlood smearsProtozoal parasitesInfectionChain reactionBabesial DNABabesiosisIntraerythrocytic infectionUnited StatesIxodid ticksTransfusionUpper midwestern regionsClindamycinSerologyAzithromycin
2002
Disease-Specific Diagnosis of Coinfecting Tickborne Zoonoses: Babesiosis, Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis, and Lyme Disease
Krause PJ, McKay K, Thompson CA, Sikand VK, Lentz R, Lepore T, Closter L, Christianson D, Telford SR, Persing D, Radolf JD, Spielman A, Group A. Disease-Specific Diagnosis of Coinfecting Tickborne Zoonoses: Babesiosis, Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis, and Lyme Disease. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2002, 34: 1184-1191. PMID: 11941544, DOI: 10.1086/339813.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman granulocytic ehrlichiosisLyme diseaseImmunoglobulin M antibody testGranulocytic ehrlichiosisPolymerase chain reaction testingShort-term complicationsComplete blood countDisease-specific diagnosisFlulike illnessThin blood smearsLaboratory manifestationsAcute manifestationsBlood countBlood samplesAntibody testReaction testingBlood smearsTickborne zoonosesDiseaseHuman babesiosisLaboratory test resultsPatientsStructured questionnaireSymptomsBabesiosisBabesiosis: similar to malaria but different.
Lantos PM, Krause PJ. Babesiosis: similar to malaria but different. Pediatric Annals 2002, 31: 192-7. PMID: 11905293, DOI: 10.3928/0090-4481-20020301-10.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBabesiosis
Krause PJ. Babesiosis. Medical Clinics Of North America 2002, 86: 361-373. PMID: 11982307, DOI: 10.1016/s0025-7125(03)00092-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsBabesiaBabesiosisDiagnosis, DifferentialDrug Administration ScheduleHumansConceptsAge 50 yearsFlulike illnessThin blood smearsHIV infectionHospital admissionExchange transfusionAsplenic individualsImmunosuppressive drugsPolymerase chain reactionSevere casesSpecific diagnosisFatal diseaseBlood smearsProtozoal parasitesGreater riskLyme diseaseSpecific antibodiesChain reactionTransmits Lyme diseaseInfectionDiseaseBabesiosisSame tickNorthern midwestern United StatesMost cases
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