Babesia
"Babesia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A genus of tick-borne protozoan parasites that infests the red blood cells of mammals, including humans. There are many recognized species, and the distribution is world-wide.
| Descriptor ID |
D001403
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.043.075.600.580.070
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| Concept/Terms |
Babesia- Babesia
- Babesias
- Piroplasma
- Piroplasmas
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Babesia" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Babesia" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Babesia" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Burgess MJ, Rosenbaum ER, Pritt BS, Haselow DT, Ferren KM, Alzghoul BN, Rico JC, Sloan LM, Ramanan P, Purushothaman R, Bradsher RW. Possible Transfusion-Transmitted Babesia divergens-like/MO-1 Infection in an Arkansas Patient. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Jun 01; 64(11):1622-1625.