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Babesia infection of small mammals from southern taiga of Omsk region

Acta Biomedica Scientifica, 2016
Blood samples were taken from 541 small mammal captured in 2013-2015 in Znamensky district of Omsk region from Ixodes persulcatus and Ixodes trianguliceps sympatric area and examined for the Babesia spp.
V. A. Rar, V. V. Yakimenko, M. T. Makenov, A. Y. Tikunov, T. I. Epikhina, A. K. Tantsev, O. A. Bobrova, N. V. Tikunova   +7 more
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Technologies for Detection of Babesia microti: Advances and Challenges [PDF]

Pathogens, 2021
The biology of intraerythrocytic Babesia parasites presents unique challenges for the diagnosis of human babesiosis. Antibody-based assays are highly sensitive but fail to detect early stage Babesia infections prior to seroconversion (window period) and cannot distinguish between an active infection and a previously resolved infection.
Scott Meredith, Miranda Oakley, Sanjai Kumar   +2 more
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Reclassification of Theileria annae as Babesia vulpes sp. nov.

Parasites & Vectors, 2015
Background Theileria annae is a tick-transmitted small piroplasmid that infects dogs and foxes in North America and Europe. Due to disagreement on its placement in the Theileria or Babesia genera, several synonyms have been used for this parasite ...
Gad Baneth, Monica Florin-Christensen, Luís Cardoso, Leonhard Schnittger   +3 more
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Nucleic Acid Prevalence of Zoonotic Babesia in Humans, Animals and Questing Ticks, a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023
Background: Zoonotic Babesia infections are an emerging public health threat globally. The geographical distribution, animal reservoirs and tick vectors vary greatly across Babesia species, and estimations of prevalence reported in works within the ...
Xiao-Yan Yao, Shao-Qi Yu, Na Tian, Fei Wang, Shi-Zhu Li, Lan-Hua Li   +5 more
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Symptomatic co-infection with Babesia microti and Borrelia burgdorferi in patient after international exposure; a challenging case in Poland

, 2016
The report presents a well-documented case of symptomatic co-infection of Babesia microti and Borrelia burgdorferi in a Polish immunocompetent patient after travelling to Canada and the ...
Jablonska, J., Hanna Żarnowska-Prymek, Joanna Jabłońska, Wiercinska-Drapalo, A., Joanna Stańczak, Alicja Wiercińska-Drapało, Zarnowska-Prymek, H., Stanczak, J., Joanna Kozłowska, Kozlowska, J.   +9 more
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Babesia microti Protein BmSP44 Is a Novel Protective Antigen in a Mouse Model of Babesiosis

Frontiers in Immunology, 2020
Babesiosis caused by Babesia species imposes an increasing threat to public-health and so far, there is no effective vaccine to prevent Babesia infections. Babesia surface antigen may participate in the invasion of erythrocytes.
Hui Wang, Yao Wang, Jilei Huang, Bin Xu, Junhu Chen, Jianfeng Dai, Xia Zhou   +6 more
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Molecular and Kinetic Characterization of Babesia microti Gray Strain Lactate Dehydrogenase as a Potential Drug Target

, 2014
Babesia microti is an emerging zoonotic protozoan organism that causes “malaria-like” symptoms that can be fatal in immunocompromised people. Owing to lack of specific therapeutic regiment against the disease, we cloned and characterized B.
Mohamad Alla Terkawi, Tatsunori Masatani, Paul F. Adjou Moumouni, Ahmed A. Mousa, Ketsarin Kamyingkird, Xuenan Xuan, Patrick Vudriko, Shinuo Cao, Yoshifumi Nishikawa, Mohamad Alia Terkawi   +9 more
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The role of parasite-derived vesicles in modulating neutrophil responses in emerging human babesiosis

Emerging Microbes and Infections
Human babesiosis is an emerging infectious disease caused by a bloodborne unicellular parasite called Babesia. One of the major species of Babesia that infects humans is Babesia microti, which is transmitted through tick bites during a blood meal.
Simone Haak, Dong Chen, Angana Mukherjee, Jose Thekkiniath   +3 more
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Impact of Babesia microti infection on the initiation and course of pregnancy in BALB/c mice

Parasites & Vectors, 2021
Background Protozoa in the genus Babesia are transmitted to humans through tick bites and cause babesiosis, a malaria-like illness. Vertical transmission of Babesia spp.
Katarzyna Tołkacz, Anna Rodo, Agnieszka Wdowiarska, Anna Bajer, Małgorzata Bednarska   +4 more
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Multiple piroplasm parasites (Apicomplexa: Piroplasmida) in northeastern populations of the invasive Asian longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann (Ixodida: Ixodidae), in the United States

Parasitology, 2023
Piroplasms, which include the agents of cattle fever and human and dog babesiosis, are a diverse group of blood parasites of significant veterinary and medical importance.
Heidi Herb, Julia González, Francisco C. Ferreira, Dina M. Fonseca   +3 more
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