"Babesia microti" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species of protozoa infecting humans via the intermediate tick vector IXODES scapularis. The other hosts are the mouse PEROMYSCUS leucopus and meadow vole MICROTUS pennsylvanicus, which are fed on by the tick. Other primates can be experimentally infected with Babesia microti.
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D041001
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.043.075.600.580.070.550
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Babesia microti" by people in Profiles.
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Costa V, Mercure-Corriveau N, Gourneau J, Tobian AAR, Jones JM, Lauriello A, Lanzkron S, Crowe EP, Bloch EM. Transfusion-transmitted babesiosis in a patient with sickle cell disease undergoing chronic red cell exchange. Transfusion. 2023 03; 63(3):652-655.
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Little EAH, Williams SC, Stafford KC, Linske MA, Molaei G. Evaluating the effectiveness of an integrated tick management approach on multiple pathogen infection in Ixodes scapularis questing nymphs and larvae parasitizing white-footed mice. Exp Appl Acarol. 2020 Jan; 80(1):127-136.
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Little EAH, Molaei G. Passive Tick Surveillance: Exploring Spatiotemporal Associations of Borrelia burgdorferi (Spirochaetales: Spirochaetaceae), Babesia microti (Piroplasmida: Babesiidae), and Anaplasma phagocytophilum (Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae) Infection in Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae). Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2020 03; 20(3):177-186.
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Zhao Y, Love KR, Hall SW, Beardell FV. A fatal case of transfusion-transmitted babesiosis in the State of Delaware. Transfusion. 2009 Dec; 49(12):2583-7.
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Oleson CV, Sivalingam JJ, O'Neill BJ, Staas WE. Transverse myelitis secondary to coexistent Lyme disease and babesiosis. J Spinal Cord Med. 2003; 26(2):168-71.