Babesiosis prevalence in malaria-endemic regions of Colombia

ABSTRACT: Background & objectives: The presence of Babesia spp in humans, bovine cattle and ticks (the transmitting vector) has not been well characterized in Colombia. Babesia infection in humans can be overlooked due to similarity of the disease symptoms with malaria specially in the regions w...

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Autores:

González Obando, Juliana
Echaide, Ignacio
Pabón Vidal, Adriana Lucía
Piñeros Jiménez, Juan Gabriel
Blair Trujillo, Silvia
Tobón Castaño, Alberto

Tipo de recurso:

Article of investigation

Fecha de publicación:

2018

Institución:

Universidad de Antioquia

Repositorio:

Repositorio UdeA

Idioma:

eng

OAI Identifier:

oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/21556

Acceso en línea:

http://hdl.handle.net/10495/21556

Palabra clave:

Babesiosis
Malaria
Garrapatas
Ticks
Enfermedades por picaduras de garrapatas
Tick-borne diseases in animals
Babesia bigemina
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_31195

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openAccess

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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/co/