Topic: Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, Oregon & Many More
Tincup
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They share a report on Babesia, Anaplasma and Borrelia in ticks found on the Del-Mar-Va peninsula— IN NEW ORLEANS!
Got to wonder if or when they were going to let Maryland/Delaware/Virginia doctors, patients and the public know?
The LARGE collection of abstracts from the conference in New Orleans also has info on Babesia duncani found in Oregon, and other places for those interested. (I’ve not read them all yet.)
63rd Annual Meeting November 2–6, 2014 #TropMed14 Sheraton New Orleans Hotel New Orleans Marriott Hotel New Orleans, LA USA Abstract Book
The Maryland, Delaware & Virginia abstract is posted here. It also has the link to the collection of additional abstracts too- many of them.
You may also find interesting quotes from studies presented there- like this one from New York about the failure of Babesia treatment (abstract #1176).
"The limitations of established treatment regimens, especially in immunosuppressed patients, are well recognized with prolonged treatment and frequent recurrences.
In addition, parasitemia can be slow to respond to treatment in these patients, thus complicating management.
B divergens in particular is noted to be difficult to treat with medications alone and red blood cell exchange transfusions are frequently required.
To date, alternative treatment regimens have primarily been chosen empirically, based on activity against other apicomplexan parasites.
We have been using an in vitro SYBR Green- based assay originally developed for malaria parasites to evaluate the anti- parasitic activity of various compounds against B. divergens.
Compared to parallel assays in P. falciparum, the majority of agents were much less potent when tested against B divergens, with notable exception of agents previously shown to be effective against various species of Babesia; imidocarb, diminazene and atovaquone."
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