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Babesia

Parasitic Protozoa

Babesia is a genus of apicomplexan parasites, comprising over 100 species, that infect the red blood cells of vertebrate hosts including livestock and humans, and are transmitted by ticks. The parasite was first identified in 1888 by Romanian bacteriologist Victor Babes, and it causes the disease babesiosis, also called piroplasmosis; in the United States the species Babesia microti is the most common cause of human infection, carried by the same deer tick that transmits Lyme disease.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Parasitic 1
Relationship to People
Disease Vector 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Scientific Name
Babesia 2
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Apicomplexa, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Babesia
Sources
1. Wikidata: Babesia
  • Wikidata Q797656, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikipedia 'Babesia': an apicomplexan parasite that infects red blood cells; cause the disease babesiosis
  • Child Taxon Of: Apicomplexa, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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2. Wikipedia: Babesia
  • diet-classification (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
    Babesia, also called Nuttallia, is an apicomplexan parasite that infects red blood cells and is transmitted by ticks.
  • Infobox: taxon
    Babesia
  • Article text: "Babesia, also called Nuttallia, is an apicomplex"
    Babesia, also called Nuttallia, is an apicomplexan parasite that infects red blood cells and is transmitted by ticks.
  • In Group: Apicomplexan Parasites, Lead
    Babesia, also called Nuttallia, is an apicomplexan parasite that infects red blood cells and is transmitted by ticks.
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3. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ797656, descriptionView the Source
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