pir·o·plasm

(pĭr′ə-plăz′əm)

Any of several parasitic protozoans of the order Piroplasmida, such as babesia, that infect red blood cells.

[New Latin Piroplasma, genus name : Latin pirum, pear; see pear + Greek plasma, image; see plasma.]

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piroplasm

(ˈpɪrəˌplæzəm) or

piroplasma

n, pl -plasms or -plasmata

(Veterinary Science) a protozoan, parasitic in red blood cells, that infects and is transmitted to other animals by ticks

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ba•be•sia

(bəˈbi ʒə, -ʒi ə, -zi ə)

n., pl. -sias.

any protozoan of the genus Babesia, certain species of which are parasitic and pathogenic for warm-blooded animals.

[< New Latin (1893), after Victor Babeş (1854–1926), Romanian bacteriologist; see -ia]

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piroplasm - minute parasite of red blood cells of mammals transmitted by a tick and causing diseases of domestic animals

sporozoan - parasitic spore-forming protozoan

Babesiidae, family Babesiidae - piroplasms and cattle pathogens

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A fatal case of babesiosis in Missouri: identification of another piroplasm that infects humans.

Probable Locally Acquired Babesia divergens--Like Infection in Woman, Michigan, USA

Rangeliosis is a disease caused by the piroplasm Rangelia vitalii (SOARES et al., 2011), which occurs mainly in southern Brazil (FIGHERA et al., 2010; FRANQA et al., 2010).

Rangeliosis: histopathological analysis, hematology and molecular detection of canine Rangelia vitalii in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil/Rangeliose: achados anatomopatologicos, hematologicos e deteccao molecular de Rangelia vitalii em caes no Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

To reduce the chances of missing out piroplasm DNA punches were done randomly and kept on sterile 1.5 [micro]L Eppendorf tube.

Microscopic and Molecular Detection of Camel Piroplasmosis in Gadarif State, Sudan

(2013) studied 12.5% of piroplasm species in horses in Tunisia.

Prevalence and Hematology of Tick Borne Hemoparasitic Diseases in Equines in and Around Lahore

The diagnosis of piroplasm infections in vertebrate hosts was mainly carried out by microscopic examination of thin blood smears.

PCR-based detection of Babesia ovis in Rhipicephalus bursa and small ruminants

Single dilution ELISAs using soluble piroplasm, cellular schizont and soluble schizont antigens for the detection of antibodies against Theileria annulata.

Diagnosis of leptospirosis by recombinant antigen based single serum dilution ELISA

However, microscopy is not reliable in detection of carrier animals and piroplasm differentiation of Theileria species due to morphological similarities (Aktas et al.

RISK FACTORS ASSESSMENT AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF THEILERIA IN SMALL RUMINANTS OF BALOCHISTAN

canis is a typical intraerythrocyte pear-shaped large piroplasm, frequently found in pairs within the RBCs as identified among dogs worldwide [7-9].

Clinical, hematologic, and molecular findings in naturally occurring Babesia canis vogeli in Egyptian dogs

Piroplasm Any organism in the class Piroplasmea, while in a circulating red blood cell; for example, Babesia.

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The use of molecular diagnosis (PCR plus sequencing) demonstrated that the piroplasm used in the experimental infections was unequivocally B.

Caracterizacion parasitologica y molecular de un aislado venezolano de Babesia canis

Infection of the Mongolian gerbil with the cattle piroplasm Babesia divergens.

Babesiosis: una zoonosis emergente en regiones templadas y tropicales. Una revision