Posts Tagged ‘babesiosis’

Artemisinin and its Derivatives in Treating Protozoan Infections beyond Malaria

Pharmacological Research, 2016 (abstract only). A review of the literature on the action of Artemisinin, derived from Artemisia, as an effective treatment of various infectious protozoa, including Babesia microti. Includes chart, tables.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1043661816306715 

Ick, a Tick! Forum

Nahant Public Library, 2017. A forum on tick-borne diseases held at Nahant, MA Town Hall on April 23, 2017. Speakers included Catherine Brown, DVM, Massachusetts Department of Public Health; Samuel Donta, MD, Infectious Diseases Society of America; Margot Malachowski, MLS, National Library of Medicine; and Lawrence Dapsis, MS, Cape Cod Cooperative Extension, with additional input from Nahant Health Agent John Coulon and psychologist Sheila Statlender. Part of a larger STOP LYME initiative, the project was funded by the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Cooperative Agreement Number UG4LM012347 with the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9y8UekZL4M 

Tickborne Diseases in Massachusetts

Massachusetts Department of Public Health, c.2010. An overview of tick diseases endemic to Massachusetts, including a listing of common signs and symptoms, algorithms helpful for diagnosis and treatment suggestions. Suitable for physicians and the general public. Includes charts, images, tables, and references. Second edition.

http://files.hria.org/files/TM3901.pdf 

Preventing Disease Spread by Ticks

Massachusetts Department of Public Health, 2015. Plain language information on personal and property protection from ticks and the diseases they carry. Includes images.

http://files.hria.org/files/TM3911.pdf

Workshop to Consider Approaches to Reduce the Risk of Transfusion-Transmitted Babesiosis in the United States

2008.  Food and Drug Administration transcript of workshop proceedings that were part of a symposium on protecting the blood transfusion supply from pathogens.

http://www.fda.gov/cber/minutes/ttb091208t.pdf

What is Babesiosis?

American Family Physician.  Easy-to-read patient handout on the cause, diagnosis, and treatment of Babesia infections.

http://www.aafp.org/afp/20010515/1976ph.html

Babesiosis (Babesia Microti)

The Medical Letter. Table of pharmaceutical recommendations in the treatment of babesiosis.

http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/html/PDF_Files/MedLetter/Babesiosis.pdf

A Cluster of Transfusion-Associated Babesiosis Cases Traced to a Single Asymptomatic Donor

Journal of the American Medical Association. Report on babesia infection after transfusion from an asymptomatic donor.

http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/281/10/927

Images in Clinical Medicine: Babesiosis

New England Journal of Medicine. Case study of a 34-year-old man without a spleen who contracted babesiosis. Includes image.

http://content.nejm.org/cgi/reprint/358/17/e19.pdf

Parasites and Health: Babesiosis

CDC, Division of Parasitic Diseases. An overview of the coinfection Babesia, including the protozoa Babesia, a coinfection to Lyme disease, including the organism’s life cycle, epidemiology, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.  Includes illustration, images.

http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/html/babesiosis.htm