Pallavi Singh, Pratap Vydyam, Tiffany Fang, Karel Estrada, Luis Miguel Gonzalez, Ricardo Grande, Madelyn Kumar, Sakshar Chakravarty, Vincent Berry, Vincent Ranwez, Bernard Carcy, Delphine Depoix, Sergio Sánchez, Emmanuel Cornillot, Steven Abel, Loic Ciampossin, Todd Lenz, Omar Harb, Alejandro Sanchez-Flores, Estrella Montero, Karine G Le Roch, Stefano Lonardi, Choukri Ben Mamoun
Babesiosis, caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Babesia , is an emerging tick-borne disease of significance for both human and animal health. Babesia parasites infect erythrocytes of vertebrate hosts where they develop and multiply rapidly to cause the pathological symptoms associated with the disease. The identification of various Babesia species underscores the ongoing risk of new zoonotic pathogens capable of infecting humans, a concern amplified by anthropogenic activities and environmental shifts impacting the distribution and transmission dynamics of parasites, their vectors, and reservoir hosts...
January 18, 2024: bioRxiv