Babesia, also called Nuttallia, is an apicomplexan parasite that infects red blood cells and is transmitted by ticks. Originally discovered by the Romanian...

disease. After trypanosomes, Babesia is thought to be the second-most common blood parasite of mammals. They can have major adverse effects on the health...

T. equi causes equine piroplasmosis. It was originally classified as Babesia equi in 1901 by Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, but was reclassified as...

reproduction occurs in the tick gut). They include the tick parasites Babesia and Theileria. They are minute rounded or pyriform parasites found within...

haemogregarines, and plasmodia. Diseases caused by Apicomplexa include: Babesiosis (Babesia) Malaria (Plasmodium) Cryptosporidiosis (Cryptosporidium parvum) Cyclosporiasis...

allows clinical differentiation from another major tick-borne disease, bovine babesiosis, caused by Babesia bigemina. Species of veterinary interest include:...

dog. It is a potential vector of many babesiosis pathogens like Babesia bigemina, Babesia bovis, and Anaplasma marginale. Its ability to be a vector of...

and R. decoloratorus. Development of Babesia in the tick is complex and includes sexual reproduction. These Babesia are transmitted from adult female boophilid...

Anaplasma phagocytophilum (Ehrlichia sp.), Wolbachia sp., Rickettsia sp., and Babesia sp. in Southern Germany". International Journal of Medical Microbiology...

causes trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease). Ticks (Ixodidae): Babesia canis subspecies (Babesia canis canis, B. canis vogeli, B. canis rossi, and B. canis...