Babesiosis Definition

bə-bēzē-ōsĭs
babesiosis
noun
A tick-borne protozoan infection of animals, such as Texas fever of cattle, that is caused by species of Babesia.
American Heritage

Texas fever.

Webster's New World
A human protozoan disease of red blood cells caused by species of Babesia that is transmitted by deer ticks and is characterized by fever, malaise, and hemolytic anemia. In the United States, it occurs chiefly in the Northeast and Midwest.
American Heritage
Any of several tick-borne infections of domestic and wild animals that are caused by protozoans of the genus Babesia.
American Heritage Medicine
A human disease caused by infection of red blood cells by protozoans of the genus Babesia that are transmitted by deer ticks, characterized by fever, malaise, and hemolytic anemia. In the United States, it occurs chiefly in the Northeast and Midwest.
American Heritage Medicine

Babesiosis Sentence Examples

  • Details are provided on bovine babesiosis and bovine anaplasmosis, including cause, occurrence and spread, clinical signs, treatment and control.

  • Co-infection with other infectious organisms spread by ticks in the same areas as Borrelia burgdorferi (babesiosis and ehrlichiosis, for instance) may be responsible for treatment failures or more severe symptoms.

  • Most fatalities reported with Lyme disease involved patients coinfected with babesiosis.

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