babesiosis
noun
ba·be·si·o·sis
bə-ˌbē-zē-ˈō-səs 
: an infection with or disease caused by babesias
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Given the rise of babesiosis, there’s also more testing for the disease.
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Allison Aubrey, NPR, 10 June 2024
The first case of babesiosis in the U.S. was identified on Nantucket Island in 1969.
—Allison Aubrey, NPR, 10 June 2024
The creatures’ bites can spread a range of rarer illnesses, including Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Powassan virus disease, babesiosis, ehrlichiosis, and alpha-gal syndrome.
—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 31 May 2024
Commonly seen in the U.S. are anaplasmosis, babesiosis, borrelia mayonii and borrelia burgdorferi, which causes Lyme disease, Borrelia miyamotoi, which causes tickborne relapsing fever, and more.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 8 May 2024
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Allison Aubrey, NPR, 10 June 2024
The first case of babesiosis in the U.S. was identified on Nantucket Island in 1969.
—Allison Aubrey, NPR, 10 June 2024
The creatures’ bites can spread a range of rarer illnesses, including Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Powassan virus disease, babesiosis, ehrlichiosis, and alpha-gal syndrome.
—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 31 May 2024
Commonly seen in the U.S. are anaplasmosis, babesiosis, borrelia mayonii and borrelia burgdorferi, which causes Lyme disease, Borrelia miyamotoi, which causes tickborne relapsing fever, and more.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 8 May 2024
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babesiosis
noun
ba·be·si·o·sis
bə-ˌbē-zē-ˈō-səs
plural babesioses
-ˌsēz
: infection with or disease caused by babesias
called also babesiasis
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