Open AccessHuman babesiosis: Recent discoveries
Author(s) -
Sanja Mitrović,
Ivana Kranjčić-Zec,
Valentina ArsićArsenijević,
Aleksandar Džamić,
Ivana Radonjic
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
medicinski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1820-7383
pISSN - 0025-8105
DOI - 10.2298/mpns0408349m
Subject(s) - babesiosis , babesia , virology , zoonosis , immunology , transmission (telecommunications) , medicine , borrelia burgdorferi , biology , borrelia , serology , antibody , electrical engineering , engineering
Babesiosis is caused by intraerythrocytic parasites of the genus Babesia, which is a common animal infection worldwide. This protozoa requires both a competent vertebrate and a nonvertebrate host (Ixodes sp. etc.) to maintain the transmission cycle.
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