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Babesia spp.
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babesia
ticks
animal parasitology
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Babesia spp.
Babesia bigemina
Reduced apical complex
Babesiosis AKA Texas Red Water Fever AKA Pioplasmosis
In RBCs of vertebrates + ticks
First documented case of antrhopod transmission of any parasite
One host ticks (feeding, maturing, and mating in same host)
Boophilus annulatus
Exclusive to cattle via transovarian transmission
Boophilus microplus
Infects cattle; destroys RBCs, causes bloody urine; can kill in a week
Also infects deer, water buffalo, and zebu
Babesia sp.
Similar to plasmodium
Abvsence of pigment from destroyed Hb
Tetrad pathogenomic for babesia
Canine Piroplasmosis
B. canis
B. gibsoni
Rhipicephalus sanguineus
Causes Depression, anorexia, anemia, splenomegaly
Human Babesiosis
B. microti in New England
Accidental Host
Naturally found in field mice, voles, and deer
Transmitted by Ixodes dammini
Causes fever, weakness, jaundice, heptosplenomegaly; hemolytic anemia
More serious in persons who have had spenectomies
Fatal in 4 with splenectomies
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