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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
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Fields of Study > animal and human health > diseases and disorders (animals and humans) > infectious diseases and infestations > parasitoses > babesiosis
Animals, Livestock, One Health > animal and human health > diseases and disorders (animals and humans) > infectious diseases and infestations > parasitoses > babesiosis
Fields of Study > epidemiology > vector-borne diseases > arthropod-borne diseases > tick-borne diseases > babesiosis
Preferred Term:

babesiosis

Definition:
A group of tick-borne diseases of mammals including zoonoses in humans. They are caused by genus Babesia, which parasitize erythrocytes, producing hemolysis. In the U.S., the organism's natural host is mice and transmission is by the deer tick Ixodes scapularis.
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Broader Concept:
tick-borne diseases, parasitoses
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Entry Terms:
  • cattle fever disease
  • babesiasis
  • Texas cattle fever
  • piroplasmosis
  • bovine babesiosis
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/14434
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