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Raymond W. Ryan
Researcher at University of Connecticut
Publications - 56
Citations - 2596
Raymond W. Ryan is an academic researcher from University of Connecticut. The author has contributed to research in topics: Babesiosis & Lyme disease. The author has an hindex of 25, co-authored 56 publications receiving 2482 citations. Previous affiliations of Raymond W. Ryan include University of Connecticut Health Center & Hartford Hospital.
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Concurrent Lyme disease and babesiosis. Evidence for increased severity and duration of illness.
Peter J. Krause,Sam R. Telford,Andrew Spielman,Vijay K. Sikand,Raymond W. Ryan,Diane Christianson,Georgine Burke,Peter Brassard,Richard J. Pollack,Judith Peck,David H. Persing +10 more
TL;DR: The possibility of concomitant babesial infection should be considered when moderate to severe Lyme disease has been diagnosed and the number of symptoms and duration of illness in patients with concurrent Lyme disease and babesiosis are greater than in Patients with either infection alone.
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Persistent Parasitemia after Acute Babesiosis
Peter J. Krause,Andrew Spielman,Sam R. Telford,Vijay K. Sikand,Kathleen McKay,Diane Christianson,Richard J. Pollack,Peter Brassard,Jenifer M. Magera,Raymond W. Ryan,David H. Persing +10 more
TL;DR: Although treatment with clindamycin and quinine reduces the duration of parasitemia, infection may still persist and recrudesce and side effects are common.
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Increasing health burden of human babesiosis in endemic sites.
Peter J. Krause,Kathleen McKay,Joseph Gadbaw,Diane Christianson,Linda Closter,Timothy J. Lepore,Sam R. Telford,Vijay K. Sikand,Raymond W. Ryan,David H. Persing,Justin D. Radolf,Andrew Spielman +11 more
TL;DR: Babiesial incidence at endemic sites in southern New England appears to have risen during the 1990s to a level approaching that due to borreliosis, and more older adults were admitted to hospital than younger adults.
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Diagnosis of Babesiosis: Evaluation of a Serologic Test for the Detection of Babesia microti Antibody
Peter J. Krause,Sam R. Telford,Raymond W. Ryan,Patricia A. Conrad,Marianna Wilson,John W. Thomford,Andrew Spielman +6 more
TL;DR: Babesia microti IFA procedure is a sensitive, specific, and reproducible method for diagnosing babesiosis and is suitable for use as a standard in laboratories testing human sera for B. microti antibody.
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Azithromycin in the treatment of sexually transmitted disease
Ólafur Steingrímsson,Jón Ólafsson,Hannes Thorarinsson,Raymond W. Ryan,Raymond B. Johnson,R C Tilton +5 more
TL;DR: Azithromycin was very well tolerated; one patient complained of mild abdominal pain shortly after receiving the drug, seven patients complained of Mild nausea and two patients had mild diarrhoea.