Treatment of human babesiosis: then and now

I Renard, C Ben Mamoun - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Babesiosis is an emerging tick-borne disease caused by apicomplexan parasites of the
genus Babesia. With its increasing incidence worldwide and the risk of human-to-human …

Ticks, human babesiosis and climate change

JS Gray, NH Ogden - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
The effects of current and future global warming on the distribution and activity of the primary
ixodid vectors of human babesiosis (caused by Babesia divergens, B. venatorum and B …

Transfusion-transmitted Babesia spp.: a changing landscape of epidemiology, regulation, and risk mitigation

SJ Drews, AM Kjemtrup, PJ Krause… - Journal of clinical …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Babesia spp. are tick-borne parasites with a global distribution and diversity of vertebrate
hosts. Over the next several decades, climate change is expected to impact humans …

Lessons Learned for Pathogenesis, Immunology, and Disease of Erythrocytic Parasites: Plasmodium and Babesia

V Djokic, SC Rocha, N Parveen - Frontiers in cellular and infection …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Malaria caused by Plasmodium species and transmitted by Anopheles mosquitoes affects
large human populations, while Ixodes ticks transmit Babesia species and cause …

Relapsing Babesiosis With Molecular Evidence of Resistance to Certain Antimicrobials Commonly Used to Treat Babesia microti Infections

LA Marcos, GP Wormser - Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Human babesiosis cases are emerging with an increased incidence and a wider geographic
range worldwide. Relapsing babesiosis cases are becoming more frequently encountered …

Effective Therapy Targeting Cytochrome bc1 Prevents Babesia Erythrocytic Development and Protects from Lethal Infection

JE Chiu, I Renard, AC Pal, P Singh… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
An effective strategy to control blood-borne diseases and prevent outbreak recrudescence
involves targeting conserved metabolic processes that are essential for pathogen viability …

Detection of Babesia RNA and DNA in whole blood samples from US blood donations

J Stanley, SL Stramer, Y Erickson, J Cruz, J Gorlin… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Human babesiosis is a zoonotic infection caused by an intraerythrocytic
parasite. The highest incidence of babesiosis is in the United States, although cases have …

Identification and characterization of extracellular vesicles from red cells infected with Babesia divergens and Babesia microti

D Beri, M Rodriguez, M Singh, Y Liu… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Babesiosis is a zoonosis and an important blood-borne human parasitic infection that has
gained attention because of its growing infection rate in humans by transfer from animal …

Experimental Infection of Ticks: An Essential Tool for the Analysis of Babesia Species Biology and Transmission

SI Bonnet, C Nadal - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Babesiosis is one of the most important tick-borne diseases in veterinary health, impacting
mainly cattle, equidae, and canidae, and limiting the development of livestock industries …

Major Surface Antigens in Zoonotic Babesia

S Delbecq - Pathogens, 2022 - mdpi.com
Human babesiosis results from a combination of tick tropism for humans, susceptibility of a
host to sustain Babesia development, and contact with infected ticks. Climate modifications …