BABESIOSIS

bəbēˌbēōˈsĭs, tick-borne disease caused by a protozoan of the genus Babesia. Babesiosis most commonly affects domestic and wild animals and can be a serious problem in cattle. In most cases the protozoal species is specific to a single host. The organisms enter the blood via a tick bite, then infect the red blood cells where they reproduce by cell division.

Human babesiosis, sometimes called Nantucket fever, was first diagnosed after an outbreak on Nantucket Island, off the coast of Massachusetts, in the 1970s. The causative organism, Babesia microti, is related to the one that causes malaria, and is transmitted by the deer tick that also hosts the organisms that cause Lyme disease and human erhlichiosis. The main symptoms are fever and chills; treatment is with a combination of antimalarial drugs.

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books on: Babesiosis  - 12 results

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Everything You Need to Know about Lyme Disease and Other Tick-Borne Disorders
Book by Karen Vanderhoof-Forschner; Wiley, 2003
Subjects: Lyme Disease--Popular Works, Tick-Borne Diseases--Popular Works
...The European sheep tick (Ixodes ricinus) transmits Lyme disease, human monocytic ehrlichiosis, and babesiosis. BABESIOSIS Babesiosis is a malaria-like protozoan illness caused by several Babesia strains including Babesia microti, Babesia...
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Conservation Medicine: Ecological Health in Practice
Book by A. Alonso Aguirre, Richard S. Ostfeld, Gary M. Tabor, Carol House, Mary C. Pearl; Oxford University Press, 2002
Subjects: Ecology, Environmental Health
...Spielman. 1987. Lyme disease and babesiosis: acaricide focused on potentially infected...J. Piesman, et al. 1979. Human babesiosis on Nantucket Island, USA: description...Ecology of Ixodes dammini borne human babesiosis and Lyme disease. Annu Rev Entomol...
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Dangerous Places: Health, Safety, and Archaeology
Book by David A. Poirier, Kenneth L. Feder; Bergin and Garvey, 2001
Subjects: Archaeology--Health Aspects--United States, Archaeology--United States--Field Work, Archaeology--United States--Safety Measures, Excavations (Archaeology)--United States
...scapularis , has been implicated as a vector of human babesiosis. Caused by Babesia microtes, a protozoan, this disease...its full geographical extent is not yet known. Both babesiosis and ehrlichiosis can be life-threatening.
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Development among Africa's Migratory Pastoralists
Book by Aggrey Ayuen Majok, Calvin W. Schwabe; Bergin & Garvey, 1996
Subjects: Herders--Africa, Nomads--Africa, Rural Development--Africa, Veterinary Services--Africa
...South the tick-transmitted blood parasite responsible for the areas most economically disruptive cattle plague, Texas fever babesiosis, piroplasmosis . Although it was not until 1914 that the U.S. Congress passed the Smith-Lever Act formally establishing...
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Discovery and Innovation: Federal Research and Development Activities in the Fifty States, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico
Book by Donna Fossum, Lawrence S. Painter, Valerie Williarns, Allison Yezril, Elaine Newton, David Trinkle; Rand, 2000
Subjects: Research, Industrial--United States--States--Directories
...research activities include investigating diseases in domestic animals, including anaplasmosis, scrapie bovine and equine babesiosis, and malignant catarrhal fever; determining the genetic diversity within specific crop collections to reduce redundancy...
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journal articles on: Babesiosis  - 8 results

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Lyme Disease and Other Tick-Borne Diseases: A Review
Journal article by George H. Reed; Journal of Environmental Health, Vol. 55, 1993
Subjects: Babesiosis--Care and treatment, Ehrlichiosis--Care and treatment, Lyme disease--Care and treatment, Q fever--Care and treatment, Relapsing fever--Care and treatment, Rocky Mountain spotted fever--Care and treatment, Tick-borne diseases--Evaluation, Ticks--Control, Tularemia--Care and treatment
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Necrotic Spider or Tick Bite? Hobo Spider Venom or Ehrlichial Bacteria?
Journal article by Cornelia Richardson-Boedler; The Forensic Examiner, Vol. 16, 2007
Subjects: Bites (Injuries)--Care and treatment, Bites (Injuries)--Diagnosis, Bites and stings--Care and treatment, Bites and stings--Diagnosis, Ehrlichiosis--Care and treatment, Ehrlichiosis--Diagnosis, Spider venom--Complications and side effects, Spider venoms--Complications and side effects
...and either Babesia microti (agent of babesiosis) or the agent of HGE frequently occurs...of coinfecting tickborne zoonoses: Babesiosis, human granulocytic ehrlichiosis...associated zoonoses: Lyme disease, babesiosis, and ehrlichiosis. Clinical Infectious...
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A Climate-Based Model Predicts the Spatial Distribution of the Lyme Disease Vector Ixodes Scapularis in the United States
Journal article by John S. Brownstein, Theodore R. Holford, Durland Fish; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 111, 2003
...tick-borne diseases, including human babesiosis (Spielman et al. 1985) and human...and Ixodes scapularis re concurrent babesiosis and Lyme disease. Can Commun Dis Rep...Ecology of Ixodes dammini-borne human babesiosis and Lyme disease. Annu Rev Entomol...
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Potential Influence of Climate Change on Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases: A Review and Proposed Research Plan
Journal article by James N. Mills, Kenneth L. Gage, Ali S. Khan; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 118, 2010
Subjects: Climate change--Influence, Climatic changes--Influence, Vector-borne diseases--Care and treatment, Vector-borne diseases--Research, Zoonoses--Care and treatment, Zoonoses--Research
...vector of Lyme disease, human granulocytic anaplasmosis, and babesiosis in North America. Models indicate that this species will...agents of Lyme disease, human granulocytic anaplasmosis, babesiosis, and HPS, has extended its range northward in Wisconsin...
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Physician Survey on Knowledge and Reporting Practices of Transfusion-transmitted Infections in Canada
Journal article by Ezzat Farzad, Magalie Cator, Antonio Giulivi, Jun Zhang; Canadian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 95, 2004
Subjects: Blood transfusions, Canada, Health care industry, Infections, Physicians, Questionnaires
...significant. Their knowledge of the transfusion transmissibility of Chagas disease was 14%, and only 7.2% of them recognized Babesiosis as a TTI. About 99% of responders reported that they routinely ask for the history of blood transfusion when they encounter...
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magazine articles on: Babesiosis  - 11 results

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Fighting Fleas and Ticks
Magazine article by Dixie Farley; FDA Consumer, Vol. 30, July 1996
Subjects: Fleas as carriers of disease--Analysis, Fleas--Analysis, Fleas--Control, Insect carriers of disease--Analysis, Insecticides--Health aspects, Tick-borne diseases--Prevention, Ticks--Control
...listed with possible symptoms): * babesiosis--lethargy, appetite loss, weakness...that causes the tick-borne disease babesiosis infects red blood cells, which burst...disease. The reported incidence of babesiosis is about one-tenth that of Lyme disease...
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Updated Lyme Disease Guide Clarifies Confusion
Magazine article by Charlotte Lobuono; Drug Topics, Vol. 150, November 20, 2006
Subjects: Disease management, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Infectious diseases, Lyme disease, Medical treatment, United States
...human granulocytic ehrlichiosis), and babesiosis. Gary Wormser, M.D., lead author...document include information on HGA and babesiosis, two diseases transmitted by the black...authors cautioned that those with active babesiosis should also be treated with antimicrobials...
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Latest Research
Magazine article; Medical Economics, Vol. 88, October 10, 2011
...a 84% reduction in the odds of developing diabetes. * Screening lor babesiosis infection needed Ann Intern Med. 2011; Epub ahead of print. September 6, 2011 Babesiosis is a potentially life-threatening infection caused by the parasite...
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The Ugly World of Ticks
Magazine article by Dwight G. Smith; World and I, Vol. 17, September 2002
Subjects: Parasites--Analysis, Ticks--Analysis, Ticks--Natural history, Ticks--Risk factors
...of animals. Rocky Mountain spotted fever; Lyme disease; babesiosis; tularemia; relapsing fever--what is the common denominator...patients suffer long-lasting cardiac and arthritic problems. Babesiosis is a relatively rare disease that occurs in all regions of...
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Lyme Disease Gaining More Attention from Scientists
Magazine article by Michael L. Conlan; Drug Topics, Vol. 140, June 10, 1996
Subjects: Lyme Disease Foundation, Lyme disease, Nonprofit organizations, Public health, United States
...bacteria, which may result in an infection that mimics the features of Lyme disease. Other tick-spread diseases include babesiosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, human monocytic ehrlichiosis, relapsing fever, tularemia, and Colorado tick fever. The...
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newspaper articles on: Babesiosis  - 9 results

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Growing Threat to Blood Supply
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, September 9, 2011
Subjects: Infection--Health aspects, Medical research--Health aspects, Medicine, Experimental--Health aspects, United States. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
...A tick-borne infection known as Babesiosis, which can cause severe disease and...seven cases of transfusion-associated Babesiosis in premature infants. They found blood...blood caused all seven of the cases of Babesiosis. Symptoms of the infections varied...
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PETS AND THEIR PEOPLE: PEOPLE INVESTIGATION - DEADLY PERIL OF PET PASSPORTS; Holiday Dogs Killed by Horrific Tropical Disease
Newspaper article; The People (London, England), June 27, 2004
...domestic pets back home. Hamie contracted babesiosis - one of the most horrific of the infections...said: "Some of the diseases, such as babesiosis, can develop and kill within a couple...serve as a warning." Erhlichiosis Babesiosis DISEASE affects white blood cells...
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Steer Clear Risk of Lyme, Tick-Borne Diseases Peak in Spring
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), May 10, 2010
Subjects: Disease transmission--Risk factors, Lyme disease--Risk factors
...about the size of a poppy seed. Deer ticks in this country transmit pathogens that cause two other diseases besides Lyme: babesiosis, an illness that resembles malaria, and human granulocytic anaplasmosis (often shortened to just anaplasmosis), which...
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VET'S PET PROJECT; Connor Swa Waps Researc Rch for Pra Ractice Ce Work
Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), February 22, 2011
...which may affect them when they are taken on holiday by their owners, which is increasingly popular. "Diseases such as babesiosis - a disease which is transmitted by ticks and causes life threatening anaemia in dogs - is also spread from country to country...
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Why We're Sailing Close to the Wind; RECORD PETS
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), September 27, 2007
...But there are many horrible diseases lurking, just waiting for a warm wind to blow in the wrong direction, including: Babesiosis - this particular delight is caused by the protozoan parasite, Babesia canis. It is spread by ticks and is prevalent in...
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encyclopedia articles on: Babesiosis  - 3 results

 
 
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Babesiosis
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BABESIOSIS b be beo sis, tick-borne disease caused by a protozoan of the genus Babesia. Babesiosis most commonly affects domestic and wild...they reproduce by cell division. Human babesiosis, sometimes called Nantucket fever...
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Mite
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...parasitize mammals and birds although some have reptilian and amphibian hosts. Tick-borne diseases of livestock (e.g., babesiosis , anaplasmosis ) are of great economic significance. An anchoring structure in the ticks mouth enables it to embed its entire...
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Lyme Disease
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...disease with neurological problems, memory loss, arthritis, and eye inflammation. Lyme disease is sometimes accompanied by babesiosis or human granulocytic ehrlichiosis , which also infect the deer tick. See also Rocky Mountain spotted fever . See P. Murray...


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