Look up: Babesia

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   Babesia
   Genus of protozoa that are found as parasites within red blood cells of mammals and are transmitted by ticks.
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   babesia
   A genus of tick-borne protozoan parasites that infests the red blood cells of mammals, including humans. There are many recognised species, and the distribution is world-wide. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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   Babesia
   `Babesia` (syn. `Nuttallia`) is a genus of parasitic protozoan that causes the disease Babesiosis.. While more than 100 species have been reported, only a few have been identified as causing human infections. `Babesia microti` and `Babesia divergens` have been identified in most human cases but variants (considered different species) have been recently identified. One such variant is called `Babesia duncani` (or Babesia WA-1), `Babesia duncani` ...
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   Babesia
   (bә-be´ze-ә) a genus of protozoa found as parasites in red blood cells and transmitted by ticks; its numerous species include B. bige´mina, B. bo´vis, B. ma´jor, and B. micro´ti, and cause babesiosis in wild and domestic animals and sometimes humans.
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   Babesia
   (from the article `babesiosis`) any of a group of tick-borne diseases of animals caused by species of Babesia, protozoans that destroy red blood cells and thereby cause anemia. ...
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   Babesia
   The economically most important genus of the protozoan family Babesiidae; characterized by multiplication in host red blood cells to form pairs and tetrads; it causes babesiosis (piroplasmosis) in most types of domestic animals, and two species cause disease in splenectomized or normal people; vectors are ixodid or argasid ticks. [V. Babès]
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