Case report: First report on human infection by tick-borne Babesia bigemina in the Amazon region of Ecuador
Babesiosis is a protozoan disease acquired by the bite of different species of ticks. More than 100 Babesia spp. infect wild and domestic animals worldwide, but only a few have been documented to infect humans. Generally, babesiosis is asymptomatic in immunocompetent persons; however, in immunocompr...
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Main Authors: | Manuel Calvopiña (Author), María Montesdeoca-Andrade (Author), Carlos Bastidas-Caldes (Author), Sandra Enriquez (Author), Richar Rodríguez-Hidalgo (Author), Dayana Aguilar-Rodríguez (Author), Philip Cooper (Author) |
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2023-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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