[HTML][HTML] Human babesiosis: Pathogens, prevalence, diagnosis, and treatment

RL Ord, CA Lobo - Current clinical microbiology reports, 2015 - Springer
Human babesiosis is a zoonotic disease caused by protozoan parasites of the Babesia
genus, primarily in the Northeastern and Midwest USA due to Babesia microti and Western …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in Babesia Vaccine Development: An Overview

M Jerzak, A Gandurski, M Tokaj, W Stachera, M Szuba… - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
Babesiosis is a tick-borne zoonotic disease, which is caused by various species of
intracellular Babesia parasite. It is a problem not only for the livestock industry but also for …

[HTML][HTML] Pre-clinical evaluation of a whole-parasite vaccine to control human babesiosis

HA Al-Nazal, E Cooper, MF Ho, S Eskandari… - Cell Host & Microbe, 2021 - cell.com
Babesia spp. are tick-transmitted intra-erythrocytic protozoan parasites that infect humans
and animals, causing a flu-like illness and hemolytic anemia. There is currently no human …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative and functional genomics of the protozoan parasite Babesia divergens highlighting the invasion and egress processes

LM Gonzalez, K Estrada, R Grande… - PLoS neglected …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Babesiosis is considered an emerging disease because its incidence has significantly
increased in the last 30 years, providing evidence of the expanding range of this rare but …

[HTML][HTML] First report of Babesia divergens infection in an HIV patient

LM Gonzalez, E Castro, CA Lobo, A Richart… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Human babesiosis is a zoonosis primarily transmitted through Ixodes ticks and alternatively
by routes such as blood transfusions from asymptomatic donors. We report the first case of …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative single-cell transcriptional atlases of Babesia species reveal conserved and species-specific expression profiles

Y Rezvani, CD Keroack, B Elsworth, A Arriojas… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Babesia is a genus of apicomplexan parasites that infect red blood cells in vertebrate hosts.
Pathology occurs during rapid replication cycles in the asexual blood stage of infection …

[HTML][HTML] Babesia divergens: A Drive to Survive

CA Lobo, JR Cursino-Santos, M Singh, M Rodriguez - Pathogens, 2019 - mdpi.com
Babesia divergens is an obligate intracellular protozoan parasite that causes zoonotic
disease. Central to its pathogenesis is the ability of the parasite to invade host red blood …

[HTML][HTML] Variable and Variant Protein Multigene Families in Babesia bovis Persistence

DR Allred - Pathogens, 2019 - mdpi.com
Cattle infected with Babesia bovis face a bifurcated fate: Either die of the severe acute
infection, or survive and carry for many years a highly persistent but generally asymptomatic …

[HTML][HTML] The New Human Babesia sp. FR1 Is a European Member of the Babesia sp. MO1 Clade

C Bonsergent, MC de Carné, N de La Cotte, F Moussel… - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
In Europe, Babesia divergens is responsible for most of the severe cases of human
babesiosis. In the present study, we describe a case of babesiosis in a splenectomized …

[HTML][HTML] A recombinant multi-antigen vaccine formulation containing Babesia bovis merozoite surface antigens MSA-2a1, MSA-2b and MSA-2c elicits invasion …

AM Gimenez, KS Françoso, J Ersching, MY Icimoto… - Parasites & vectors, 2016 - Springer
Background Babesia bovis is a tick-transmitted protozoan hemoparasite and the causative
agent of bovine babesiosis, a potential risk to more than 500 million cattle worldwide. The …