BABESIA Flashcards
1
Q
no oocyst
A
SUBCLASS PIROPLASMIA
2
Q
Common tick-borne parasite of domestic and wild animals
Parasite of red blood cells, causes malaria-like infection
No intracellular pigment
Rare zoonotic human infection
A
BABESIA
3
Q
UNITED STATES
FILED MICE, VOLES
A
B. MICROTI
4
Q
EUROPE
CATTLE, RUMINENTS
A
B. DIVERGENS
5
Q
Common species diagnosed in human
small rings within the red blood cell, very much like plasmodium falciparum with a darkly staining nucleus and very little cytoplasm
A
BABESIA MICROTI
6
Q
definitive host of babesia microti?
A
tick
7
Q
transmitted by the tick ixodes ricinus
main agent of bovine babesiosis, or redwater fever in europe
A
BABESIA DIVERGENS
8
Q
clinical disease
A
asymptomatic to mild to fatal
9
Q
more severe in ________________________, elderly, or immunocompromised
A
splenectomized persons
