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Case report: First report on human infection by tick-borne in the Amazon region of Ecuador.
Front Public Health
August 2023
Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Internacional del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador.
Babesiosis is a protozoan disease acquired by the bite of different species of ticks. More than 100 spp. infect wild and domestic animals worldwide, but only a few have been documented to infect humans.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Malaria in 2022: clinical and therapeutic aspects].
Med Trop Sante Int
June 2023
Service de maladies infectieuses et tropicales, Hôpital d'instruction des armées Bégin, 69 avenue de Paris, 94160 Saint-Mandé, France.
In 2022 as in 1884, the clinical presentation of uncomplicated malaria is unspecific: fever of variable intensity, continuous or rhythmic, chills, flu syndrome, headache, respiratory and digestive disorders. At any time, it can evolve into a severe form (ex-pernicious attack or cerebral malaria) or even lethal. By reading again Alphonse Laveran's book on malarial fevers, we realized to what extent the observations made at that time allowed for a methodical and orderly description of the clinical forms of malaria, very close to what we can still observe today.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWhat Historical Records Teach Us about the Discovery of Quinine.
Am J Trop Med Hyg
January 2023
Museum of History of Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Lazio, Italy.
The origin of quinine from Peru remains a mystery because of the lack of primary data-in particular, those produced by the Jesuits working in Peru. The discovery of cinchona bark and its use in malaria treatment must have come from the Jesuits, who worked with the native Andeans, the Quichuan people, and learned how the bark of the cinchona tree could be used for chills. Unknown is whether the Andean people used it for fever that may have been the result of malaria.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAcalculous Cholecystitis: An Uncommon Presentation of Babesiosis.
Cureus
February 2022
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Digestive Diseases Institute, Abu Dhabi, ARE.
Human babesiosis is commonly caused by , an infectious protozoan with a preference for erythrocytes. We describe a case of babesiosis presenting with acute acalculous cholecystitis. A 74-year-old man with a history of diabetes mellitus presented with four days of fever, chills, dyspnea on exertion, and dark brown urine.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Clinical characteristics, diagnosis and treatment of human babesiosis: a review].
Zhongguo Xue Xi Chong Bing Fang Zhi Za Zhi
August 2020
Yunnan Institute for Endemic Diseases Control and Prevention, Dali 671000, China.
Babesiosis is an important tick-transmitted zoonosis caused by hematotropic parasites of the genus , zoonosis disease, which is widely distributed across the world. There are 12 species of causing human diseases, including , , and . The clinical symptoms of human infections mainly include fever, headache, chills, myalgia and fatigue, and severe infections may cause death.
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