Babesiosis or piroplasmosis is a malaria-like parasitic disease caused by infection with a eukaryotic parasite in the order Piroplasmida, typically a Babesia or Theileria, in the phylum Apicomplexa.[2] Human babesiosis transmission via tick bite is most common in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States and parts of Europe, and sporadic throughout the rest of the world. It occurs in warm weather.[3] People can get infected with Babesia parasites by the bite of an infected tick, by getting a blood transfusion from an infected donor of blood products, or by congenital transmission (an infected mother to her baby).[4]
Ticks transmit the human strain of babesiosis, so it often presents with other tick-borne illnesses such as Lyme disease.[5] After trypanosomes, Babesia is thought to be the second-most common blood parasite of mammals. They can have major adverse effects on the health of domestic animals in areas without severe winters. In cattle, the disease is known as Texas cattle fever or redwater.[6]
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Babesiosis or piroplasmosis is a malaria-like parasitic disease caused by infection with a eukaryotic parasite in the order Piroplasmida, typically a Babesia...
the first case of babesiosis was seen in a human. The person had been splenectomized, as were all people diagnosed with babesiosis until 1969, when the...
University. "Babesia Canis". Cornell. Irwin, Peter. "Canine Babesiosis" (PDF). Canine Babesiosis: 1141. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-11. Retrieved...
vector for several diseases of animals, including humans (Lyme disease, babesiosis, anaplasmosis, Powassan virus disease, etc.) and is known as the deer...
as an antiprotozoal agent for the treatment of infection with Babesia (babesiosis) and other parasites. Hashemi-Fesharki, R (1977). "Studies on imidocarb...
Splenectomy also increases the severity of babesiosis, Splenectomized patients are more susceptible to contracting babesiosis and can die within five to eight days...
malignancies can also cause petechiae to appear. Radiation Fat embolism syndrome Babesiosis Bolivian hemorrhagic fever Boutonneuse fever Chikungunya Cerebral malaria...
compared with placebo. Atovaquone is used in livestock veterinary cases of babesiosis in cattle, especially if imidocarb resistance is a concern. "Wellvone...
combination of clindamycin and quinine is the standard treatment for severe babesiosis. Clindamycin may also be used to treat toxoplasmosis, and, in combination...
transmitted by deer ticks. B. microti is responsible for the disease babesiosis, a malaria-like disease which also causes fever and hemolysis. The life...
and the family Babesiidae. In horses, it causes the babesiosis disease, called "equine babesiosis". Its length is 2.5-5 μm, while its width is 2 μm. It...
Quinine is a medication used to treat malaria and babesiosis. This includes the treatment of malaria due to Plasmodium falciparum that is resistant to...
Babesia microti is transmitted by ixodes ticks and causes babesiosis. Transfusion-associated babesiosis has been documented. New test in use Donors screened...
Alveolata and the family Babesiidae. In sheep causes babesiosis disease, called "sheep babesiosis". Babesia motasi is quite big protozoa. Length 2,5-5 μm...
circulation of the West Nile virus and diseases transmitted to horses by ticks, babesiosis and Q fever. The animal is an integral part of local culture, particularly...
Ixodes scapularis acts as a vector for diseases including Lyme disease, babesiosis, and anaplasmosis. Protozoan endoparasites, such as the malarial parasites...
and Prevention of Lyme Disease, Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis, and Babesiosis: Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America"...
which can infect humans. Rodents also help to transmit diseases including babesiosis, cutaneous leishmaniasis, human granulocytic anaplasmosis, Lyme disease...
one of the animal reservoirs of the agents of Lyme disease and human babesiosis. Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World:...
infections caused by protozoa has been proposed. Protozoan infection Babesiosis Giardiasis Baron, S. (1996), Baron, Samuel (ed.), "Introduction to Parasitology"...
treat African trypanosomiasis, leishmaniasis, Balamuthia infections, babesiosis, and to prevent and treat pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) in people with...
possible coinfection with other tick-borne diseases such as ehrlichiosis and babesiosis. Of course, not everyone with Lyme disease has all the symptoms, and many...
clinical differentiation from another major tick-borne disease, bovine babesiosis, caused by Babesia bigemina. Species of veterinary interest include: Anaplasma...
responsible for canine babesiosis. In dogs, symptoms of canine ehrlichiosis include lameness and fever; those for babesiosis include fever, anorexia...
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