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Abstract
A group of tick-borne diseases of mammals including ZOONOSES in humans. They are caused by protozoa of the genus BABESIA, which parasitize erythrocytes, producing hemolysis. In the U.S., the organism's natural host is mice and transmission is by the deer tick IXODES SCAPULARIS.
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- Babesia Infection
- Babesia Parasite Infection
- Babesiasis
- Piroplasmosis
- Babesia Infections
- Babesia Parasite Infections
- Babesiases
- Babesioses
- Infection, Babesia
- Infection, Babesia Parasite
- Infections, Babesia
- Infections, Babesia Parasite
- Piroplasmoses
- Human Babesiosis
- Babesioses, Human
- Babesiosis, Human
- Human Babesioses
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32 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, virology.
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History Note
82; was BABESIASIS 1968-81
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Previous Indexing
- Protozoan Infections (1966-1967)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Babesiosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001404. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001404
- Babesiosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babesiosis
- Babesiosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q797668