NALT

Preferred term

babesiosis

Topic

A group of tick-borne diseases of mammals including zoonoses in humans. They are caused by genus Babesia, which parasitize erythrocytes, producing hemolysis. In the U.S., the organism's natural host is mice and transmission is by the deer tick Ixodes scapularis.

equine piroplasmosis

babesiasis
bovine babesiosis
cattle fever disease
piroplasmosis
Texas cattle fever

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

4199

Spanish

babesiosis

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/14434

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 4/21/17