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Leishmaniasis by Herwaldt, Barbara L

“…In 1903, Leishman and Donovan separately described the protozoan now called Leishmania donovani in splenic tissue from patients in India with the…”
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Laboratory-Acquired Parasitic Infections from Accidental Exposures by HERWALDT, Barbara L

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Cyclospora cayetanensis: A Review, Focusing on the Outbreaks of Cyclosporiasis in the 1990s by Strausbaugh, Larry J., Herwaldt, Barbara L.

“…Cyclospora cayetanensis, a coccidian parasite that causes protracted, relapsing gastroenteritis, has a short recorded history. In retrospect, the first 3…”
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Chronic Multisymptom Illness Affecting Air Force Veterans of the Gulf War by Fukuda, Keiji, Nisenbaum, Rosane, Stewart, Geraldine, Thompson, William W, Robin, Laura, Washko, Rita M, Noah, Donald L, Barrett, Drue H, Randall, Bonnie, Herwaldt, Barbara L, Mawle, Alison C, Reeves, William C

“…CONTEXT.— Gulf War (GW) veterans report nonspecific symptoms significantly more often than their nondeployed peers. However, no specific disorder has been…”
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Recommendations for treating leishmaniasis with sodium stibogluconate (Pentostam) and review of pertinent clinical studies by Herwaldt, B L, Berman, J D

“…Pentavalent antimonial compounds have been the mainstay of the treatment of visceral, cutaneous, and mucosal leishmaniasis for approximately half a century…”
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An outbreak in 1996 of cyclosporiasis associated with imported raspberries by Herwaldt, B.L. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta.), Ackers, M.L

“…Cyclospora cayetanensis is a parasite that causes gastroenteritis. Until last year most of the documented cases of cyclosporiasis in North America were in…”
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Miltefosine — The Long-Awaited Therapy for Visceral Leishmaniasis? by Herwaldt, Barbara L

“…Miltefosine was originally developed as an antineoplastic drug, but it has the potential to become the first highly effective, orally administered drug for…”
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Use of Polymerase Chain Reaction to Diagnose the Fifth Reported US Case of Autochthonous Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, in Tennessee, 1998 by Herwaldt, Barbara L., Grijalva, Mario J., Newsome, Anthony L., McGhee, Charles R., Powell, Malcolm R., Nemec, Dewey G., Steurer, Francis J., Eberhard, Mark L.

“…In July 1998, the mother of an 18-month-old boy in rural Tennessee found a triatomine bug in his crib, which she saved because it resembled a bug shown on a…”
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Outbreak of Cyclosporiasis Associated with Basil in Missouri in 1999 by Lopez, Adriana S., Dodson, Douglas R., Arrowood, Michael J., Orlandi, Palmer A., da Silva, Alexandre J., Bier, Jeffrey W., Hanauer, Sandra D., Kuster, Rachelle L., Oltman, Sandy, Baldwin, Martha S., Won, Kimberly Y., Nace, Eva M., Eberhard, Mark L., Herwaldt, Barbara L.

“…During the summer of 1999, an outbreak of cyclosporiasis occurred among attendees of 2 events held on 24 July in different counties in Missouri. We conducted…”
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Infection with a Babesia-Like Organism in Northern California by Persing, David H, Herwaldt, Barbara L, Glaser, Carol, Lane, Robert S, Thomford, John W, Mathiesen, Dane, Krause, Peter J, Phillip, Douglas F, Conrad, Patricia A

“…The genus babesia comprises approximately 100 species of tick-transmitted protozoa (family Piroplasmorida) that infect a wide variety of wild and domestic…”
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Epidemic visceral leishmaniasis in southern Sudan : Treatment of severely debilitated patients under wartime conditions and with limited resources by SEAMAN, J, MERCER, A. J, SONDORP, H. E, HERWALDT, B. L

“…1) To determine the proportions of patients with visceral leishmaniasis who had various treatment outcomes when cared for under wartime conditions and with…”
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Cultivation and Phylogenetic Characterization of a Newly Recognized Human Pathogenic Protozoan by Thomford, John W., Conrad, Patricia A., Telford, Sam R., Mathiesen, Dane, Bowman, Barbara H., Spielman, Andrew, Eberhard, Mark L., Herwaldt, Barbara L., Quick, Robert E., Persing, David H.

“…An intraerythrocytic protozoan (WA1) recently isolated from a patient in Washington State was shown to be morphologically identical to Babesia microti but…”
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Characterization of a variant strain of Norwalk virus from a food-borne outbreak of gastroenteritis on a cruise ship in Hawaii by HERWALDT, B. L, LEW, J. F, MOE, C. L, LEWIS, D. C, HUMPHREY, C. D, MONROE, S. S, PON, E. W, GLASS, R. I

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A Cluster of Transfusion-Associated Babesiosis Cases Traced to a Single Asymptomatic Donor by Dobroszycki, Joanna, Herwaldt, Barbara L, Boctor, Fouad, Miller, James R, Linden, Jeanne, Eberhard, Mark L, Yoon, Jing Ja, Ali, Nahed M, Tanowitz, Herbert B, Graham, Fitzroy, Weiss, Louis M, Wittner, Murray

“…CONTEXT The risk of acquiring babesiosis by blood transfusion is largely unknown since in areas where it is endemic it is often an asymptomatic infection…”
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Transfusion-Transmitted Babesiosis in Washington State: First Reported Case Caused by a WA1-Type Parasite by Herwaldt, Barbara L., Kjemtrup, Anne M., Conrad, Patricia A., Barnes, Robert C., Wilson, Marianna, McCarthy, Maureen G., Sayers, Merlyn H., Eberhard, Mark L.

“…Most cases of babesiosis reported in the United States have been tickborne and caused by Babesia microti, the etiologic agent of all previously described…”
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A multiyear Prospective study of the risk factors for and incidence of Diarrheal illness in a Cohort of Peace Corps volunteers in Guatemala by HERWALDT, B. L, DE ARROYAVE, K. R, ROBERTS, J. M, JURANEK, D. D

“…Diarrheal illness is the most common medical disorder among travelers from developed to developing countries and is common among expatriate residents in…”
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Babesiosis in Washington State : a new species of Babesia ? by QUICK, R. E, HERWALDT, B. L, POLLOCK, R, PERSING, D. H, KOBAYASHI, J. M, JURANEK, D. D, CONRAD, P. A, THOMFORD, J. W, GARNETT, M. E, EBERHARD, M. L, WILSON, M, SPACH, D. H, DICKERSON, J. W, TELFORD, S. R, STEINGART, K. R

“…To characterize the etiologic agent (WA1) of the first reported case of babesiosis acquired in Washington State. Case report, and serologic, molecular, and…”
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The Natural History of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Guatemala by Herwaldt, Barbara L., Arana, Byron A., Navin, Thomas R.

“…The natural history of American cutaneous leishmaniasis was studied in Guatemala by analyzing the characteristics of 355 untreated leishmaniallesions,…”
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Babesiosis in Wisconsin: a potentially fatal disease by Herwaldt, B L, Springs, F E, Roberts, P P, Eberhard, M L, Case, K, Persing, D H, Agger, W A

“…Babesiosis is emerging as an important tick-borne zoonosis in the United States. Most reported cases of this parasitic disease have been acquired in the…”
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Molecular characterization of a non-Babesia divergens organism causing zoonotic babesiosis in Europe by Herwaldt, Barbara L, Cacciò, Simone, Gherlinzoni, Filippo, Aspöck, Horst, Slemenda, Susan B, Piccaluga, PierPaolo, Martinelli, Giovanni, Edelhofer, Renate, Hollenstein, Ursula, Poletti, Giovanni, Pampiglione, Silvio, Löschenberger, Karin, Tura, Sante, Pieniazek, Norman J

“…In Europe, most reported human cases of babesiosis have been attributed, without strong molecular evidence, to infection with the bovine parasite Babesia…”
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