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babesia

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ba·be·sia  (b-bzh)
n.
A genus of parasitic sporozoans of the family Babesiidae that infect the red blood cells of humans and of animals such as dogs, cattle, and sheep. Also called piroplasm.
[New Latin Babesia, genus name, after Victor Babe (1854-1926), Romanian bacteriologist.]


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