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MeSH Heading: Babesiosis
Tree Number(s): C01.610.701.688.122; C01.610.752.075; C01.610.752.625.122; C01.920.930.182; C22.674.710.122
Unique ID: D001404
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001404
Scope Note: A group of tick-borne diseases of mammals including ZOONOSES in humans. They are caused by protozoa of the genus BABESIA, which parasitize erythrocytes, producing hemolysis. In the U.S., the organism's natural host is mice and transmission is by the deer tick IXODES SCAPULARIS.
Entry Term(s): Babesia Infection; Babesia Parasite Infection; Babesiasis; Human Babesiosis; Piroplasmosis
Previous Indexing: Protozoan Infections (1966-1967)
Public MeSH Note: 82; was BABESIASIS 1968-81
Online Note: use BABESIOSIS to search BABESIASIS 1968-81
History Note: 82; was BABESIASIS 1968-81
Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2019/06/10

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

transmission (TM)

urine (UR)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0002099
Scope Note: A group of tick-borne diseases of mammals including ZOONOSES in humans. They are caused by protozoa of the genus BABESIA, which parasitize erythrocytes, producing hemolysis. In the U.S., the organism's natural host is mice and transmission is by the deer tick IXODES SCAPULARIS.
Terms: Babesiosis Preferred Term
Term UI T004093
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Babesia Infection
Term UI T000909106
Date10/07/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); Piroplasmosis
Term UI T004094
Date03/29/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Babesiasis
Term UI T004095
Date06/09/1981
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Babesia Parasite Infection
Term UI T764018
Date01/13/2010
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID

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