Babesia microti
Species of parasitic protist in the Apicomplexa phylum / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Babesia microti is a parasitic blood-borne piroplasm transmitted by deer ticks. B. microti is responsible for the disease babesiosis, a malaria-like disease which also causes fever and hemolysis.
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Babesia microti | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Alveolata |
Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
Class: | Aconoidasida |
Order: | Piroplasmida |
Species: | B. microti |
Binomial name | |
Babesia microti (França, 1912) | |
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