 Babesiosis
"Babesiosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A group of tick-borne diseases of mammals including ZOONOSES in humans. They are caused by protozoa of the genus BABESIA, which parasitize erythrocytes, producing hemolysis. In the U.S., the organism's natural host is mice and transmission is by the deer tick IXODES SCAPULARIS.
| Descriptor ID |
D001404
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C03.701.188 C03.701.688.122 C03.752.625.122 C03.752.875.175 C22.674.710.122
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| Concept/Terms |
Babesiosis- Babesiosis
- Babesioses
- Piroplasmosis
- Piroplasmoses
- Babesia Parasite Infection
- Babesia Parasite Infections
- Infection, Babesia Parasite
- Infections, Babesia Parasite
- Babesiasis
- Babesiases
Human Babesiosis- Human Babesiosis
- Babesioses, Human
- Babesiosis, Human
- Human Babesioses
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Babesiosis" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Babesiosis" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Babesiosis" by people in Profiles.
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Bogoch II, Davis BT, Hooper DC. Severe babesiosis in a patient treated with a tumor necrosis factor a antagonist. Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Apr; 54(8):1215-6.
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Cullen G, Sands BE, Yajnik V. Babesiosis in a patient on infliximab for Crohn's disease. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2010 Aug; 16(8):1269-70.
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Semel ME, Tavakkolizadeh A, Gates JD. Babesiosis in the immediate postoperative period after splenectomy for trauma. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2009 Dec; 10(6):553-6.
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Cunha BA, Cohen YZ, McDermott B. Fever of unknown origin (FUO) due to babesiosis in a immunocompetent host. Heart Lung. 2008 Nov-Dec; 37(6):481-4.
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Vannier E, Gewurz BE, Krause PJ. Human babesiosis. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2008 Sep; 22(3):469-88, viii-ix.
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Krause PJ, Gewurz BE, Hill D, Marty FM, Vannier E, Foppa IM, Furman RR, Neuhaus E, Skowron G, Gupta S, McCalla C, Pesanti EL, Young M, Heiman D, Hsue G, Gelfand JA, Wormser GP, Dickason J, Bia FJ, Hartman B, Telford SR, Christianson D, Dardick K, Coleman M, Girotto JE, Spielman A. Persistent and relapsing babesiosis in immunocompromised patients. Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Feb 1; 46(3):370-6.
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Vyas JM, Telford SR, Robbins GK. Treatment of refractory Babesia microti infection with atovaquone-proguanil in an HIV-infected patient: case report. Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Dec 15; 45(12):1588-90.
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Byrnes V, Chopra S, Koziel MJ. Resolution of chronic hepatitis C following parasitosis. World J Gastroenterol. 2007 Aug 21; 13(31):4268-9.
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Dodd JD, Aquino SL, Sharma A. Babesiosis: CT and hematologic findings. J Thorac Imaging. 2007 Aug; 22(3):271-3.
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Stowell CP, Gelfand JA, Shepard JA, Kratz A. Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 17-2007. A 25-year-old woman with relapsing fevers and recent onset of dyspnea. N Engl J Med. 2007 May 31; 356(22):2313-9.
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