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... > Eukaryota > Alveolata > Apicomplexa > Piroplasmia > Piroplasmida > Babesia > Babesia microti

Preferred term

Babesia microti  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Note

  • infection: coordinate IM with BABESIOSIS (IM); coordinate with specific protozoan terms (ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN, etc) if pertinent

Scope note

  • A species of protozoa infecting humans via the intermediate tick vector IXODES scapularis. The other hosts are the mouse PEROMYSCUS leucopus and meadow vole MICROTUS pennsylvanicus, which are fed on by the tick. Other primates can be experimentally infected with Babesia microti.

History note

  • 2003

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D041001

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