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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A tick-borne protozoan infection of animals, such as Texas fever of cattle, that is caused by species of Babesia.
- noun A human protozoan disease of red blood cells caused by species of Babesia that is transmitted by deer ticks and is characterized by fever, malaise, and hemolytic anemia. In the United States, it occurs chiefly in the Northeast and Midwest.
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- noun pathology A
malaria -likeparasitic disease caused by Babesia, a genus ofprotozoa .
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Examples
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Diseases that have previously been thought to have limited impact, such as babesiosis, must be watched closely in a changing climate to assess how environmental conditions may tip the scale and cause more significant impacts on ecosystems, animals, and people.
Primates in the News 2008
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Diseases that have previously been thought to have limited impact, such as babesiosis, must be watched closely in a changing climate to assess how environmental conditions may tip the scale and cause more significant impacts on ecosystems, animals, and people.
Primates in the News 2008
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Diseases that have previously been thought to have limited impact, such as babesiosis, must be watched closely in a changing climate to assess how environmental conditions may tip the scale and cause more significant impacts on ecosystems, animals, and people.
Primates in the News 2008
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Although numbers are not certain, people appear about 100 times more likely to get babesiosis from ticks than from blood transfusion, Herwaldt says.
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It wasn't until this January that babesiosis became a disease that doctors were required to report to their local health department.
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Between 2001 and 2008, researchers noted a 20-fold increase in babesiosis in the Lower Hudson Valley in New York.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: The Hidden Dangers of Bug Bites M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011
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Between 2001 and 2008, researchers noted a 20-fold increase in babesiosis in the Lower Hudson Valley in New York.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: The Hidden Dangers of Bug Bites M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011
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It wasn't until this January that babesiosis became a disease that doctors were required to report to their local health department.
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Between Jan. 1 and Aug. 20, 314 cases of babesiosis from ticks were reported.
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Between Jan. 1 and Aug. 20, 314 cases of babesiosis from ticks were reported.
sionnach commented on the word babesiosis
Babesiosis (say: "bab-e-see-oh-sis") is a rare illness that is caused by a parasite that lives in some ticks. Deer ticks carry the parasite that causes this illness.
Despite the name, pigs are not implicated as transmission vectors.
November 21, 2007
rgl999 commented on the word babesiosis
anything like glanders illness..this is chemastry is it not???
February 14, 2012