Evolutionary analysis of Babesia vulpes and Babesia microti-like parasites [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2022 Background The Babesia microti-like parasite is an emerging tick-borne piroplasm that has been detected in a range of hosts worldwide. Babesia vulpes, which is found in dogs and foxes, has been reclassified from B. microti-like parasites.
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The impact of ABO and RhD blood types on Babesia microti infection. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023 BackgroundBabesiosis is an emerging infectious disease caused by intraerythrocytic Babesia parasites that can cause severe disease and death. While blood type is known to affect the mortality of Plasmodium falciparum malaria patients, associations ...
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Transmission risk evaluation of transfusion blood containing low-density Babesia microti [PDF]
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection MicrobiologyBackgroundBabesia is a unique apicomplexan parasite that specifically invades and proliferates in red blood cells and can be transmitted via blood transfusion, resulting in transfusion-transmitted babesiosis.
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Histopathological Aspects of the Influence of Babesia microti on the Placentas of Infected Female Rats [PDF]
Veterinary SciencesBabesiosis is perceived mainly an animal disease; however, awareness that Babesia spp. parasites that can cause diseases in humans is increasing significantly.
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Babesia microti Variant With Multiple Resistance Mutations Detected in an Immunocompromised Patient Receiving Atovaquone Prophylaxis. [PDF]
Open Forum Infect Dis, 2023 We report Babesia microti genomic sequences with multiple mutations in the atovaquone-target region of cytochrome b, including a newly identified Y272S mutation, plus 1 mutation of undetermined significance in the azithromycin-associated ribosomal ...
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A Fluorescent Recombinase Aided Amplification Assay for Detection of Babesia microti. [PDF]
Korean J Parasitol, 2022 Babesia microti is one of the most common causative agents of babesiosis. A sensitive and rapid detection is necessary for screening potentially infected individuals. In this study, B.
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Epitope profiling of monoclonal antibodies to the immunodominant antigen BmGPI12 of the human pathogen Babesia microti [PDF]
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022 The significant rise in the number of tick-borne diseases represents a major threat to public health worldwide. One such emerging disease is human babesiosis, which is caused by several protozoan parasites of the Babesia genus of which B.
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A Novel Thioredoxin-Like Protein of Babesia microti Involved in Parasite Pathogenicity
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022 Babesiosis poses a serious threat to immunocompromised individuals and the major etiological species of Babesia for human babesiosis is Babesia microti. Merozoites are a critical stage in the life cycle of Babesia microti. Several merozoite proteins have
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Enhanced phosphatidylserine exposure and erythropoiesis in Babesia microti-infected mice. [PDF]
Front Microbiol, 2022 Introduction Babesia microti (B. microti) is the dominant species responsible for human babesiosis, which is associated with severe hemolytic anemia and splenomegaly because it infects mammalian erythrocytes. The actual prevalence of B.
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Anti-parasitic drug discovery against Babesia microti by natural compounds: an extensive computational drug design approach. [PDF]
Front Cell Infect Microbiol, 2023 Tick-borne Babesiosis is a parasitic infection caused by Babesia microti that can infect both animals and humans and may spread by tick, blood transfusions, and organ transplantation. The current therapeutic options for B.
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