babesia

[ buh-bee-zhuh, -zhee-uh, -zee-uh ]

noun

1. any protozoan of the genus Babesia, certain species of which are parasitic and pathogenic for warm-blooded animals.

Word History and Origins

Origin of babesia¹

1893; < New Latin, named after Victor Babeş (1854–1926), Romanian bacteriologist; -ia

Example Sentences

He has found a gallery of pathogens that threaten poultry, humans, or both: influenza and Newcastle disease virus, Campylobacter, Salmonella, Yersinia, tick-borne encephalitis virus, Candidatus, Babesia, Rickettsia, and papillomavirus.

From Science Magazine

There were two possibilities: babesia — a tick-borne parasite seen mainly in the Northeast and upper Midwest in the United States — or malaria, a mosquito-borne infection that is common in much of the world but not here in this country.

From New York Times

And while babesia has never been reported in Colorado and only once in the past five years in Montana, it had certainly been seen in other states across the U.S.

From New York Times

Babesia microti is a parasite that, like malaria, invades red blood cells to reproduce.

From New York Times

They should order a test for Babesia as well as one for Lyme, ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis — the most common tick-borne diseases in Connecticut.

From New York Times