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A fatal case of human babesiosis in Portugal: molecular and phylogenetic analysis

18 Jul 2003

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We report the first case of human babesiosis in Portugal. A 66-year-old splenectomized man was admitted to a Lisbon hospital after 1 week of fever, abdominal pain, anorexia and nausea. A high parasitaemia (30%) of Babesia parasites was found in Giemsa-stained blood smears and, despite treatment, the patient died several weeks later of renal failure. Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid blood samples were processed for...

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PMID: 12869099
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01074.x

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