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BmGPAC, an Antigen Capture Assay for Detection of Active Babesia microti Infection

Published:2018-10 Issue:10 Volume:56 Page:
ISSN:0095-1137
Container-title:Journal of Clinical Microbiology
language:en
Short-container-title:J Clin Microbiol

Author:

Thekkiniath Jose¹,Mootien Sara²,Lawres Lauren¹,Perrin Benjamin A.¹,Gewirtz Meital¹,Krause Peter J.³,Williams Scott⁴,Doggett J. Stone⁵,Ledizet Michel²,Ben Mamoun Choukri¹

Affiliation:

1. Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

2. L2 Diagnostics, LLC, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

3. Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

4. Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

5. Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Portland, Oregon, USA

Abstract

Human babesiosis is an emerging zoonotic infectious disease caused by intraerythrocytic protozoan parasites of the genus Babesia . Most cases of human babesiosis are caused by Babesia microti and often manifest in individuals over the age of 50 years or in patients with a compromised immune system.

Funder

NIH

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Microbiology (medical)

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/JCM.00067-18

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