Babesia spp.

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Map of Babesia
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Babesia spp.
  1. Babesia bigemina
    1. Reduced apical complex
      1. Babesiosis AKA Texas Red Water Fever AKA Pioplasmosis
        1. In RBCs of vertebrates + ticks
          1. First documented case of antrhopod transmission of any parasite
            1. One host ticks (feeding, maturing, and mating in same host)
              1. Boophilus annulatus
                1. Exclusive to cattle via transovarian transmission
                2. Boophilus microplus
              2. Infects cattle; destroys RBCs, causes bloody urine; can kill in a week
                1. Also infects deer, water buffalo, and zebu
              3. Babesia sp.
                1. Similar to plasmodium
                  1. Abvsence of pigment from destroyed Hb
                    1. Tetrad pathogenomic for babesia
                    2. Canine Piroplasmosis
                      1. B. canis
                        1. B. gibsoni
                          1. Rhipicephalus sanguineus
                            1. Causes Depression, anorexia, anemia, splenomegaly
                            2. Human Babesiosis
                              1. B. microti in New England
                                1. Accidental Host
                                  1. Naturally found in field mice, voles, and deer
                                  2. Transmitted by Ixodes dammini
                                    1. Causes fever, weakness, jaundice, heptosplenomegaly; hemolytic anemia
                                      1. More serious in persons who have had spenectomies
                                        1. Fatal in 4 with splenectomies
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