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Phylogenetic and biologic evidence that Babesia divergens is not endemic in the United States.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Oct 2006
Holman Patricia J
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The causative agent of human babesiosis in a Kentucky case, which was first identified as Babesia divergens, is identical to a parasite of eastern cottontail rabbits on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts based on piroplasm size, morphology, and ribosomal RNA sequence analysis. Studies showing differential infectivity for cattle, host erythrocyte specificity in vitro, parasite size and morphology in vitro, and...
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