Babesia
Babesia
Parasitología
Protozoos
Gusanos
Diphyllobothrium latum
Echinococcus granulosus (Hydatid disease)
Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus
Angiostrongylus (Eosinophilic meningitis)
Anisakis
Ascaris lumbricoides
Enterobius vermicularis (Pinworm)
Guinea worm (Dracunculiasis)
Loa loa (Eye worm)
Onchocerca volvulus (River blindness)
Strongyloides stercoralis
Toxocara canis (Visceral larva migrans)
Trichinella spiralis
Trichuris trichiura (Whipworm)
Wuchereria bancrofti (Lymphatic filariasis)
Clonorchis sinensis
Paragonimus westermani
Schistosomes
Aspectos destacados
en inglés
Babesia is a parasitic protozoan that's known to cause babesiosis in humans. Babesia is spread by the bite of an infected Ixodes tick, the same tick that also transmits Borrelia burgdorferi. Babesiosis causes a form of parasitic, hemolytic disease. Symptoms include fever, fatigue, body aches, nausea, and vomiting. In severe cases, babesiosis can lead to serious health complications such as acute respiratory distress syndrome, heart failure, splenic rupture, and death.