Definition of babesiosis
: an infection with or disease caused by babesias
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Ticks that transmit Lyme disease can also transmit other pathogens causing less-common diseases such as anaplasmosis and babesiosis.
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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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Cases of Lyme, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, babesiosis, anaplasmosis and ehrlichiosis have increased several times over.
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The same creature can also transmit other less common diseases, including babesiosis, granulocytic anaplasmosis and Powassan encephalitis.
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There’s also the relatively new babesiosis, and the rare tularemia and Powassan virus.
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Ticks spread Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, babesiosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, rabbit fever, Powassan virus and other ills, some of them only recently discovered.
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For instance, the report noted that babesiosis data were only available starting in 2011 from some states.
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Ticks are vectors for a handful of dangerous, debilitating illnesses, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, ehrlichea, babesiosis and tuleramia among them.
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Origin and Etymology of babesiosis
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