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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

NALT Core

Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. animal and human health
  3. diseases and disorders (animals and humans)
  4. infectious diseases and infestations
  5. parasitoses
  6. babesiosis
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. animal and human health
  3. diseases and disorders (animals and humans)
  4. infectious diseases and infestations
  5. parasitoses
  6. babesiosis
  1. Fields of Study
  2. epidemiology
  3. vector-borne diseases
  4. arthropod-borne diseases
  5. tick-borne diseases
  6. babesiosis

Preferred term

babesiosis

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information 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.

    Source: Medical Subject Headings 2012

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • babesiasis
  • bovine babesiosis
  • cattle fever disease
  • piroplasmosis
  • Texas cattle fever

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/14434

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