Babesia

Definition of Babesia

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Babesia is a tiny parasite that infects your red blood cells. Infection with Babesia is called babesiosis. The parasitic infection is usually transmitted by a tick bite. Babesiosis often occurs at the same time as Lyme disease. The tick that carries the Lyme bacteria can also be infected with the Babesia parasite.

Records about Babesia from the Gajah Glossary at https://www.asesg.org/PDFfiles/Gajah/23-01-Glossary.pdf Babesiosis : (VIcKenzie 199 3 :67 8) Tick-borne disease caused by a blood parasite, Babesia Species.

M. Philip Kahl and Charles Santiapillai, Gajah Elephant Glossary, Gajah nr 23 (2004), Journal for Asian Elephant Specialist Group

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Reference list Koehl, Dan, (2026). Babesia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 20 September 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/index.php?id=66. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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Records about Babesia from the Gajah Glossary, https://www.asesg.org/PDFfiles/Gajah/23-01-Glossary.pdf
Everything You Should Know About Babesia, https://www.healthline.com/health/babesia

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