Human babesiosis, an emerging tick-borne disease in the People’s Republic of China

Abstract Babesiosis is a typical zoonotic, emerging disease caused by a tick-borne intraerythrocytic protozoan of Babesia spp. that also can be transmitted by blood transfusion. Babesiosis imposes an increasing public-health threat. We reviewed and mapped epidemiological studies on Babesia in vector...

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Main Authors: Xia Zhou, Shang Xia, Ji-Lei Huang, Ernest Tambo, Hong-Xiang Zhuge, Xiao-Nong Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2014-11-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-014-0509-3