Babesia
See also: babesia and babésia
Translingual
Babesia microti in red blood cells
Etymology
Named after Romanian physician and bacteriologist Victor Babeș + -ia
Proper noun
Babesia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Babesiidae – protozoan parasites, carried by ticks, that infect the blood and cause a hemolytic disease known as babesiosis.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Chromista - kingdom; Harosa - subkingdom; Halvaria - infrakingdom; Alveolata - superphylum; Miozoa - phylum; Myzozoa - subphylum; Apicomplexa - infraphylum; Sporozoa - superclass; Coccidiomorphea - class; Hematozoa - subclass; Aconoidia - superorder; Piroplasmida - order; Babesiidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Babesia bigemina, Babesia bovis, Babesia canis, Babesia divergens, Babesia microti - selected species
Derived terms
- Babesiidae
References
Babesia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Babesia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Babesia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Babesia at Encyclopedia of Life
- Babesia at National Center for Biotechnology Information