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Descriptor English: Babesiosis
Descriptor Spanish: Babesiosis
Descriptor babesiosis
Entry term(s) babesiasis
infección por babesia
piroplasmosis
Scope note: Grupo de enfermedades de mamíferos transmitidas por garrapatas que incluyen las ZOONOSIS en seres humanos. Están causadas por protozoos del género BABESIA, que parasitan los eritrocitos, produciendo hemólisis. En Estados Unidos, el huésped natural del microorganismo es el ratón y la transmisión se realiza a través de IXODES SCAPULARIS.
Descriptor Portuguese: Babesiose
Descriptor French: Babésiose
Entry term(s): Babesia Infection
Babesia Infections
Babesia Parasite Infection
Babesia Parasite Infections
Babesiases
Babesiasis
Babesioses
Babesioses, Human
Babesiosis, Human
Human Babesioses
Human Babesiosis
Infection, Babesia
Infection, Babesia Parasite
Infections, Babesia
Infections, Babesia Parasite
Piroplasmoses
Piroplasmosis
Tree number(s): C01.610.701.688.122
C01.610.752.075
C01.610.752.625.122
C01.920.930.182
C22.674.710.122
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001404
Scope note: A group of tick-borne diseases of mammals including ZOONOSES in humans. They are caused by protozoa of the genus BABESIA, which parasitize erythrocytes, producing hemolysis. In the U.S., the organism's natural host is mice and transmission is by the deer tick IXODES SCAPULARIS.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CL classification
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Protozoan Infections (1966-1967)
Public MeSH Note: 82; was BABESIASIS 1968-81
Online Note: use BABESIOSIS to search BABESIASIS 1968-81
History Note: 82; was BABESIASIS 1968-81
DeCS ID: 1427
Unique ID: D001404
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/02/24
Babesiosis - Preferred
Concept UI M0002099
Scope note A group of tick-borne diseases of mammals including ZOONOSES in humans. They are caused by protozoa of the genus BABESIA, which parasitize erythrocytes, producing hemolysis. In the U.S., the organism's natural host is mice and transmission is by the deer tick IXODES SCAPULARIS.
Preferred term Babesiosis
Entry term(s) Babesia Infection
Babesia Infections
Babesia Parasite Infection
Babesia Parasite Infections
Babesiases
Babesiasis
Babesioses
Infection, Babesia
Infection, Babesia Parasite
Infections, Babesia
Infections, Babesia Parasite
Piroplasmoses
Piroplasmosis
Human Babesiosis - Narrower
Concept UI M0542617
Preferred term Human Babesiosis
Entry term(s) Babesioses, Human
Babesiosis, Human
Human Babesioses



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