Neurological manifestations of human babesiosis.

Abstract

Babesiosis is a worldwide emerging infectious disease caused by intraerythrocytic protozoa that are transmitted by Ixodid ticks, or less commonly through blood transfusion or transplacentally. Although headache and lethargy are common symptoms, babesiosis is uncommonly associated with specific neurological dysfunction in humans. Decreased level of consciousness or coma are rare complications that are associated with severe and often fatal disease but the pathogenesis is unclear.

• Authors: Sahar Usmani-Brown, John J Halperin, Peter J Krause
• Journal: Handbook of clinical neurology (Handb Clin Neurol) Vol. 114 Pg. 199-203 ( 2013) ISSN: 0072-9752 [Print] Netherlands
• PMID: 23829910 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Review)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Topics

• Animals
• Babesia (pathogenicity, ultrastructure)
• Babesiosis (complications, diagnosis, therapy)
• Humans
• Nervous System Diseases (etiology, parasitology, therapy)