Babesiosis

(Babesia, Piroplasmosis, Nantucket Fever)

Babesiosis is a serious infection, can be caused by a tick bite, and affects humans and animals.

Links on this page labeled "MEDLINE" are links to citations of medical and scientific articles from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Library of Medicine (NLM) MEDLINE database.

Table of Contents

NIH NLM MEDLINE Medical and Scientific Information on Babesiosis
Basic Information on Babesiosis
Medical or Scientific Articles on Babesiosis
Media Articles on Babesiosis
Testing for Babesiosis
Treatment of Babesiosis
Animals and Babesiosis
Resources for Babesiosis

For other tick-borne diseases, see:
Tick-Borne Diseases Of Humans Other Than Lyme Disease Or "Lyme-like" Disease

For information on Lyme disease, see:
Lots Of Links On Lyme Disease


Babesiosis (Babesia, Piroplasmosis, Nantucket Fever)

NIH NLM MEDLINE Medical and Scientific Information on Babesiosis

MEDLINE - (babesiosis OR Babesia) [in Title] AND humans - 371 on 14 Aug 01
MEDLINE - (babesiosis OR Babesia) - 2,547 on 14 Aug 01
MEDLINE - (babesiosis OR Babesia) AND humans - 542 on 14 Aug 01
MEDLINE - (babesiosis OR Babesia) AND ticks - 738 on 14 Aug 01

MEDLINE - (babesiosis OR Babesia) AND microti [in Title] AND humans - 63 on 14 Aug 01
MEDLINE - (babesiosis OR Babesia) AND microti - 291 on 14 Aug 01
MEDLINE - (babesiosis OR Babesia) AND microti AND humans - 140 on 14 Aug 01
MEDLINE - (babesiosis OR Babesia) AND microti AND ticks - 98 on 14 Aug 01

MEDLINE - (babesiosis OR Babesia) AND divergens [in Title] AND humans - 20 on 14 Aug 01
MEDLINE - (babesiosis OR Babesia) AND divergens [Europe] - 163 on 14 Aug 01
MEDLINE - (babesiosis OR Babesia) AND divergens [Europe] AND humans - 39 on 14 Aug 01
MEDLINE - (babesiosis OR Babesia) AND divergens [Europe] AND ticks - 32 on 14 Aug 01

MEDLINE - (babesiosis OR Babesia) AND WA1 [in Title] AND humans - 6 on 14 Aug 01
MEDLINE - (babesiosis OR Babesia) AND WA1 (Washington and California) - 15 on 14 Aug 01
MEDLINE - (babesiosis OR Babesia) AND WA1 AND humans - 14 on 14 Aug 01
MEDLINE - (babesiosis OR Babesia) AND WA1 AND ticks - 9 on 14 Aug 01

MEDLINE - (babesiosis OR Babesia) AND MO1 [in Title] AND humans - 0 on 14 Aug 01
MEDLINE - (babesiosis OR Babesia) AND MO1 (Missouri) - 2 on 14 Aug 01
MEDLINE - (babesiosis OR Babesia) AND MO1 AND humans - 2 on 14 Aug 01
MEDLINE - (babesiosis OR Babesia) AND MO1 AND ticks - 1 on 14 Aug 01

MEDLINE - (babesiosis OR Babesia) AND canis [in Title] AND humans - 5 on 14 Aug 01
MEDLINE - (babesiosis OR Babesia) AND canis - 307 on 14 Aug 01
MEDLINE - (babesiosis OR Babesia) AND canis AND humans - 40 on 14 Aug 01
MEDLINE - (babesiosis OR Babesia) AND canis AND ticks - 63 on 14 Aug 01

MEDLINE - (babesiosis OR Babesia) AND gibsoni [in Title] AND humans - 2 on 24 Aug 01
MEDLINE - (babesiosis OR Babesia) AND gibsoni - 85 on 24 Aug 01
MEDLINE - (babesiosis OR Babesia) AND gibsoni AND humans - 8 on 24 Aug 01
MEDLINE - (babesiosis OR Babesia) AND gibsoni AND ticks - 20 on 24 Aug 01

MEDLINE - (babesiosis OR Babesia) AND odocoilei [in Title] AND humans - 0 on 14 Aug 01
MEDLINE - (babesiosis OR Babesia) AND odocoilei - 15 on 14 Aug 01
MEDLINE - (babesiosis OR Babesia) AND odocoilei AND humans - 3 on 14 Aug 01
MEDLINE - (babesiosis OR Babesia) AND odocoilei AND ticks - 4 on 14 Aug 01



Basic Information on Babesiosis

LDF: Babesiosis
CDC: Babesiosis
CDC: Division of Parasitic Diseases - Babesia Infection
Babesia sp. (babesiosis)
Babesiosis - Tick Research Laboratory, University of Rhode Island
Babesiosis - South Dakota DOH
The Gaelic Wolf Scouting Pages -- Tick Borne Illnesses -- Human Babesiosis
Hunterdon County Health Department - Babesiosis - Tick Infection Disease
NIH/NIAID: Dual Infection [LD and babesiosis] Worsens Lyme Disease Symptoms, Sep 1996
Tickborn Disease [babesiosis] Moves Into News Jersey, ASM Journals Tipsheet



Medical or Scientific Articles on Babesiosis

Babesiosis, by Burke A Cunha, MD and Barbara Barnett, MD, eMedicine Journal, 21 Jun 01
Babesiosis, by Sean O. Henderson, MD and Diane E. Groth, eMedicine Journal, 19 Jun 01
Ticks and Human Babesiosis, Jerome Goddard, PhD, Infect Med 16(5):319-320, 326, 1999
Babesiosi, by Vinod K Dhawan, MD, eMedicine Journal, 21 Jun 01

Coinfection With Babesia microti and Borrelia burgdorferi, 1 May 01
Babesiosis: A Re-Emerging Disease, 13th ISCLD, Mar 2000
Ehrlichiosis, Babesiosis and Lyme Disease, 12th ICLD, April 1999
The role of the Deer Tick in Human Babesiosis transmission, MCMEC, NJ TBD Program
Nantucket Fever [Babesia], Harvard Public Health Review, Entomologist Spielman, circa 1984

Emedicine Search Results for Babesiosis OR Piroplasmosis OR Nantucket Fever-177 on 24Aug01
Medscape Clinical Full-Text: babesiosis OR Babesia - 41 on 16 Aug 01



Media articles on Babesiosis

Medscape News: babesiosis OR Babesia - 9 on 16 Aug 01



Testing for Babesiosis

IGeneX Inc, Babesiosis
BBI announces new test for babesia, PRNewswire, 31 August 2000
CDC: Babesiosis - Antibody Detection

Google Search: intitle:babesiosis OR intitle:Babesia test OR testing - 58 of 83 on 14 Aug 01



Treatment of Babesiosis

MEDLINE - (babesiosis OR Babesia) [Title] AND humans AND treatment [Title]-25 on 14Aug01
MEDLINE - (babesiosis OR Babesia) [in Title] AND humans AND treatment - 78 on 14 Aug 01

MEDLINE - clindamycin AND quinine AND babesiosis - 43 on 14 Aug 01
MEDLINE - clindamycin AND babesiosis - 53 on 14 Aug 01
MEDLINE - quinine AND babesiosis - 54 on 11 Mar 00
MEDLINE - atovaquone/Mepron AND babesiosis - 14 on 14 Aug 01
MEDLINE - atovaquone/Mepron - 301 on 16 Aug 01
MEDLINE - atovaquone/Mepron AND children - 39 on 16 Aug 01

Medscape: Drugs: Drugs related to Babesiosis

Google Search: intitle:babesiosis OR intitle:Babesia treatment OR therapy-100 of 161 on 17 Aug 01



Animals and Babesiosis

Veterinary Clinical Pathology - Babesiosis (Piroplasmosis)
Babesia spp. - animals, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University [slow?]
Babesia Research, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
LOW POSITIVE BABESIA CANIS TITER (A Breed Apart/ABAP/Greyhound)

MEDLINE - (babesiosis OR Babesia) AND animals - 2,445 on 21 Aug 01
Google Search: intitle:babesiosis OR intitle:Babesia animal OR animals - 93 of 186 on 17 Aug 01



Resources for Babesiosis

NIH: Taxonomy browser (Babesia)

Google Search: intitle:babesiosis OR intitle:Babesia - 100 of 484 on 14 Aug 01
Google Search: babesiosis OR Babesia - 100 of 12,700 on 20 Aug 01
Google Search: intitle:babesiosis OR intitle:Babesia tick OR ticks - 100 of 241 on 14 Aug 01



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Babesiosis (Babesia, Piroplasmosis, Nantucket Fever)
http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Oasis/6455/babesiosis-links.html

For other tick-borne diseases, see:

Tick-Borne Diseases of Humans Other Than Lyme Disease Or "Lyme-like" Disease
http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Oasis/6455/other-tbd-links.html

For information on Lyme disease see:

Lots Of Links On Lyme Disease http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Oasis/6455/lyme-links.html

Comments or questions concerning this page should be directed to Art Doherty.

Last updated on 22 August 2001 by
Art Doherty
Lompoc, California
[email protected]

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