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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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Further, he notes that coinfection with organisms such as Bartonella, Ehrlichia, and Babesia is nearly always missed due to a failure of suitable lab diagnostics.
For the study, pregnant female mice were housed next to males infected with Babesia microti, which is a mild blood parasite causing few symptoms, but some anaemia.
 
 
 
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