Definition of babesiosis
: an infection with or disease caused by babesias
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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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There, Little Buddy — who was now lethargic and suffering from a very high fever — was diagnosed with babesiosis, a deadly parasitic disease spread by ticks that was attacking Little Buddy’s red blood cells and making him severely anemic.
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Most of us are familiar with Lyme disease, but ticks also transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever, ehrlichiosis, babesiosis and Cytauxzoon felis, which infects cats.
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Michael Yoder died Aug. 8 of liver and kidney failure after contracting babesiosis from a tick bite, according to the state medical examiner.
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A study of babesiosis in Wisconsin found a 26-fold increase in the number of cases between 2001 to 2003, and 2012 to 2015.
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Ticks carry not only bacterial diseases such as Lyme, but also viral illnesses like Powassan and parasitic diseases like babesiosis.
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