Translingual

Babesia life cycle in humans

Proper noun

Babesia f

1. 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

English

Wikispecies

Noun

babesia ‎(usually uncountable, plural babesias)

1. (microbiology, epidemiology) Any of the hematozoa of the genus Babesia that invades the erythrocytes of living mammals, notably including cattle and humans, causing the disease babesiosis.

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