Hong Kong Training Portal on
Infection Control and Infectious Disease

Epidemiology and Public Health

• Vectors of Babesiosis (October 1, 2018)
• A review of canine babesiosis: the European perspective (11 June 2016)
• Transfusion‐transmitted and community‐acquired babesiosis in New York, 2004 to 2015. (2018 Mar).
• Screening for Babesia microti in the US blood supply. (2016 Dec 8).
• Babesiosis in China, an emerging threat. (2015 Feb 1).
• Human babesiosis, an emerging tick-borne disease in the People’s Republic of China. Parasites & Vectors. (2014 Dec).

Local Case Report

• Babesiosis acquired from a pet dog: A second reported case in Hong Kong. (2016 Aug 1).
• Diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of Lyme disease, human granulocytic anaplasmosis, and babesiosis: a review. (2016 Apr 26).
• Babesiosis. Infectious Disease Clinics. (2015 Jun 1).
• Human babesiosis in Europe: what clinicians need to know. (2013 Dec 1).
• Neurological manifestations of human babesiosis. In: Handbook of Clinical Neurology (2013 Jan 1).
• Human babesiosis. (2012 Jun 21).
• Current advances in detection and treatment of babesiosis. Current Medicinal Chemistry. (2012 Apr 1).
• The clinical assessment, treatment, and prevention of Lyme disease, human granulocytic anaplasmosis, and babesiosis: clinical practice guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. (2006 Nov 1).
• Babesiosis. Clinical Microbiology Reviews. (2000 Jul 1).

Treatment

• Antiprotozoal treatment of canine babesiosis (30 April 2018)
• Atovaquone and azithromycin for the treatment of babesiosis. (2000 Nov 16).

Experimental Treatment

• Radical cure of experimental babesiosis in immunodeficient mice using a combination of an endochin-like quinolone and atovaquone. (2016 May 31).