Babesia microti

Babesia microti
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Aconoidasida
Order:	Piroplasmida
Species:	B. microti
Binomial name
	Babesia microti; (França, 1912)

Babesia microti is a parasitic blood-borne piroplasm transmitted by deer ticks. B. microti is responsible for the disease babesiosis, a malaria-like zoonosis which causes fever, hemolytic anemia caused by hemolysis, and enlarged spleen.^[1]

^ Si, Wenwen; Fang, Chuantao; Liu, Chuang; Yin, Meng; Xu, Wenyue; Li, Yanna; Yan, Xiaoli; Shen, Yujuan; Cao, Jianping; Sun, Jun (2023-06-08). "Why is Babesia not killed by artemisinin like Plasmodium?". Parasites & Vectors. 16 (1): 193. doi:10.1186/s13071-023-05783-4. ISSN 1756-3305. PMC 10249562. PMID 37291657.

[:0-1] Si, Wenwen; Fang, Chuantao; Liu, Chuang; Yin, Meng; Xu, Wenyue; Li, Yanna; Yan, Xiaoli; Shen, Yujuan; Cao, Jianping; Sun, Jun (2023-06-08). "Why is Babesia not killed by artemisinin like Plasmodium?". Parasites & Vectors. 16 (1): 193. doi:10.1186/s13071-023-05783-4. ISSN 1756-3305. PMC 10249562. PMID 37291657.

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