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  2. Babesiosis - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Babesia - Wikipedia

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    Babesia, [3] [4] also called Nuttallia, [5] is an apicomplexan parasite that infects red blood cells and is transmitted by ticks. Originally discovered by Romanian bacteriologist Victor BabeČ™ in 1888; over 100 species of Babesia have since been identified.

  4. Babesia divergens - Wikipedia

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    Babesia divergens is an intraerythrocytic parasite, transmitted by the tick Ixodes ricinus. [1] It is the most common cause of human babesiosis . [ 2 ] It is the main agent of bovine babesiosis , or "redwater fever", in Europe.

  5. Cases of yet another tick-borne disease are rising in the ...

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    Humans largely acquire babesiosis from deer ticks, whose bites can transmit Babesia parasites that infect red blood cells. Most transmission occurs from late May to early September.

  6. Babesia bovis - Wikipedia

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    Babesia bovis is an Apicomplexan single-celled parasite of cattle which occasionally infects humans. The disease it and other members of the genus Babesia cause is a hemolytic anemia known as babesiosis and colloquially called Texas cattle fever, redwater or piroplasmosis. It is transmitted by bites from infected larval ticks of the order ...

  7. Babesia microti - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] Humans are accidental hosts of Babesia in general, but B. microti is an important transfusion-transmitted infectious organism in humans. Between 2010 and 2014, it caused four out of 15 (27%) fatalities associated with transfusion-transmitted microbial infections reported to the US FDA (the highest of any single organism). [3]

  8. Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword ...

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    Explore daily insights on the USA TODAY crossword puzzle by Sally Hoelscher. Uncover expert takes and answers in our crossword blog.

  9. Babesia canis - Wikipedia

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    Babesia canis is a parasite that infects red blood cells and can lead to anemia. [1] This is a species that falls under the overarching genus Babesia . It is transmitted by the brown dog tick ( Rhipicephalus sanguineus ) and is one of the most common piroplasm infections. [ 2 ]