Babesia – Useful links

* Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Research Center: [http://www.columbia-lyme.org/patients/tbd_babesia.html Babesiosis] * Connecticut Department of Public Health: [http://www.ct.gov/dph/cwp/view.asp?a=3136&q=388254 Babesiosis Fact Sheet] * New York State Department of Health:.

* Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Research Center: [http://www.columbia-lyme.org/patients/tbd_babesia.html Babesiosis]

* Connecticut Department of Public Health: [http://www.ct.gov/dph/cwp/view.asp?a=3136&q=388254 Babesiosis Fact Sheet]

* New York State Department of Health: [http://www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/communicable/babesiosis/fact_sheet.htm Babesiosis]

* Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: [http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/babesia/default.htm Babesia]

* DPDx: Laboratory Identification of Parasites of Public Health Concern: [http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Babesiosis.htm Babesiosis]


Adapted from the Wikipedia article Babesia, under the G. N. U. Free Documentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki








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