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| ba·be·si·o·sis [ bə bzee ṓssiss ] or bab·e·si·a·sis [ bàbbi z əssiss ] |
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tick-borne infection: a disease of humans and animals caused by protozoan infection of red blood cells and transmitted by a tick bite
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| [Early 20th century. < modern Latin Babesia, after Victor Babès (1854-1926), Romanian bacteriologist] |
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