Two tick-borne diseases in one: a case report of concurrent babesiosis and Lyme disease in Ontario.
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Case A 59-year-old man presented to The Toronto Hospital on July 27, 1997, because of fever. His travel history included a trip to Nantucket, Mass., 6 weeks before presentation and to Southeast Asia 7 months earlier. There was no history of rural travel on either trip. The past medical history was noncontributory. The patient had not undergone splenectomy, nor had he ever received a blood transfusion.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne
دوره 160 13 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1999