Human babesiosis

R Waked, PJ Krause - Infectious Disease Clinics, 2022 - id.theclinics.com
Babesiosis is an infection caused by intraerythrocytic protozoa of the genus Babesia.
Different species of Babesia infect different vertebrate hosts, but human disease has been …

Human babesiosis: recent advances and future challenges

CA Lobo, M Singh, M Rodriguez - Current opinion in hematology, 2020 - journals.lww.com
New Babesia species have been identified globally, suggesting that the epidemiology of this
disease is rapidly changing, making it clear that human babesiosis is a serious public health …

Detection of Babesia odocoilei in Humans with Babesiosis Symptoms

JD Scott, MS Sajid, EL Pascoe, JE Foley - Diagnostics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Human babesiosis is a life-threatening infectious disease that causes societal and economic
impact worldwide. Several species of Babesia cause babesiosis in terrestrial vertebrates …

Babesia microti: Pathogen Genomics, Genetic Variability, Immunodominant Antigens, and Pathogenesis

A Puri, S Bajpai, S Meredith, L Aravind… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
More than 100 Babesia spp. tick-borne parasites are known to infect mammalian and avian
hosts. Babesia belong to Order Piroplasmid ranked in the Phylum Apicomplexa. Recent …

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 …

Identification and Characterization of P0 Protein as a Vaccine Candidate Against Babesia divergens, Blood Parasite of Veterinary and Zoonotic Importance

SAES El-Sayed, MA Rizk, H Eldoumani… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The molecular identification and antigenic characterization of P0 protein in Babesia
divergens, a blood parasite of veterinary and zoonotic importance, were carried out in this …

Inhibition of malaria and babesiosis parasites by putative red blood cell targeting small molecules

PV Groomes, AS Paul, MT Duraisingh - Frontiers in Cellular and …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background Chemotherapies for malaria and babesiosis frequently succumb to the
emergence of pathogen-related drug-resistance. Host-targeted therapies are thought to be …

Orthologs of Plasmodium ICM1 are dispensable for Ca2+ mobilization in Toxoplasma gondii

G Cabral, B Ren, H Bisio, D Otey… - Microbiology …, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Apicomplexan parasites mobilize ionic calcium (Ca2+) from intracellular stores to promote
microneme secretion and facilitate motile processes including gliding motility, invasion, and …

Four-Dimensional Characterization of the Babesia divergens Asexual Life Cycle, from the Trophozoite to the Multiparasite Stage

JJ Conesa, E Sevilla, MC Terrón, LM González, J Gray… - MSphere, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Babesia is an apicomplexan parasite of significance that causes the disease known as
babesiosis in domestic and wild animals and in humans worldwide. Babesia infects …

Sickle Cell Anemia and Babesia Infection

D Beri, M Singh, M Rodriguez, K Yazdanbakhsh… - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Babesia is an intraerythrocytic, obligate Apicomplexan parasite that has, in the last century,
been implicated in human infections via zoonosis and is now widespread, especially in parts …