title: A subtropical case of human babesiosis.
abstract: This report constitutes the first well-documented case of symptomatic human babesiosis from a subtropical site, south of the 40th parallel. This paper describes the definitive identification of Babesia divergens infection in a splenectomized patient from the Canary Islands.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Patología Animal I, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Olmeda
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Armstrong
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Rosenthal
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Valladares
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: del Castillo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: de Armas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miguelez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Rodríguez Rodríguez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Spielman
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Telford
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001266:Atlantic Islands; D001403:Babesia / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001404:Babesiosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013156:Splenectomy; D014329:Tropical Climate
chemical_list: D004275:DNA, Ribosomal