babesiosis
ba·be·si·o·sis [ bə-ˌbē-zē-ˈō-səs]
[bə-ˌbē-zē-ˈō-səs]
: an infection with or disease caused by babesias Recent Examples on the Web
//Other blood-feeding insects — such as mosquitoes and ticks — spread a host of devastating diseases: malaria, sleeping sickness, Lyme, babesiosis, Zika, dengue, encephalitis and others.
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James Gorman, New York Times, "Meet the Bloodsuckers," 28 Oct. 2019
//But while Lyme disease is caused by bacteria called Borrelia burgdorferi, babesiosis is caused by the Babesia parasite, which attacks red blood cells, according to the CDC.
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Patia Braithwaite, SELF, "8 Tick-Borne Illnesses That Aren’t Lyme Disease," 26 July 2019
//Because Babesia parasites infect red blood cells, babesiosis can cause hemolytic anemia (from the destruction of red blood cells).
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Gregory B. Hladky, courant.com, "Tick-borne Diseases In Connecticut," 6 May 2018
//Ticks that transmit Lyme disease can also transmit other pathogens causing less-common diseases such as anaplasmosis and babesiosis.
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Sumathi Reddy, WSJ, "New Effort for Lyme Disease Vaccine Draws Early Fire," 9 July 2018
//Other life-threatening infections like anaplasmosis, babesiosis, and Rocky Mountain spotted fever are increasing in incidence even more quickly than Lyme.
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Megan Molteni, WIRED, "We Have No Idea How Bad the US Tick Problem Is," 4 July 2018
//Cases of Lyme, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, babesiosis, anaplasmosis and ehrlichiosis have increased several times over.
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Joyce Sakamoto, Washington Post, "Ticks and mosquitoes are ready to deliver disease in a bite, but you can stop them," 18 June 2018
//The same creature can also transmit other less common diseases, including babesiosis, granulocytic anaplasmosis and Powassan encephalitis.
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Gregory B. Hladky, courant.com, "Tick Season Is Here, But Precautions Can Cut Disease Risks," 4 May 2018
//There’s also the relatively new babesiosis, and the rare tularemia and Powassan virus.
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Beth Mole, Ars Technica, "Why you shouldn’t freak out about tick and mosquito infections tripling," 2 May 2018
First Known Use of babesiosis
1907, in the meaning defined above
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