Babesia

See also: babesia and babésia

Translingual

Babesia life cycle in humans

Etymology

From New Latin, after Victor Babeș +‎ -ia

Proper noun

Babesia f

A taxonomic genus within the family Babesiidae – protozoan parasites, carried by ticks, that infect the blood and cause a hemolytic disease known as babesiosis.

Hypernyms

(genus): Protozoa - kingdom; Biciliata - subkingdom; Neozoa - infrakingdom; Alveolata - superphylum; Myzozoa - phylum; Apicomplexa - subphylum; Sporozoa - infraphylum; Piroplasmea - class; Piroplasmida - order; Babesiidae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Babesia bigemina, Babesia bovis, Babesia canis, Babesia divergens, Babesia microti - selected species; for other species see Babesia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

Babesia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Babesia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Babesia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Babesia at Encyclopedia of Life
Babesia at National Center for Biotechnology Information

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