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Babesia duncani WA1
Epidemiology:
1) western United States
2) transmitted by western black-legged tick Ixodes pacificus
Laboratory:
- Babesia duncani WA1 serology
Related
babesiosis
General
Babesia
Properties
KINGDOM: animal
PHYLUM: protozoa
References
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, American
College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998
- Clinical Diagnosis & Management by Laboratory Methods,
19th edition, J.B. Henry (ed), W.B. Saunders Co.,
Philadelphia, PA. 1996, pg 1264-65
- Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th ed.
Fauci et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1998, 1188
- Prince HE, Lape-Nixon M, Patel H, Yeh C.
Comparison of the Babesia duncani (WA1) IgG detection rates
among clinical sera submitted to a reference laboratory for
WA1 IgG testing and blood donor specimens from diverse
geographic areas of the United States.
Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2010 Nov;17(11):1729-33.
PMID: 20861326 Free PMC Article