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
1999
Southern Extension of the Range of Human Babesiosis in the Eastern United States
Eskow E, Krause P, Spielman A, Freeman K, Aslanzadeh J. Southern Extension of the Range of Human Babesiosis in the Eastern United States. Journal Of Clinical Microbiology 1999, 37: 2051-2052. PMID: 10325378, PMCID: PMC85028, DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.6.2051-2052.1999.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMicroti infectionBlood samplesB. microti antibodiesSerial blood samplesBabesia microti infectionB. microti infectionCollected blood samplesMicroti antibodiesAcute babesiosisImmunofluorescent antibodyHuman B. microti infectionBabesial antigensHuman babesiosisB. microtiInfectionBabesiosisAntibodiesPCR techniqueUnited StatesLocal acquisitionResidentsPatientsSymptomsAntigenBlood
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