Current Status of Research on Babesia Parasites in China - Open Access Library Journal

OALibJ > Vol.6 No.4, April 2019

Current Status of Research on Babesia Parasites in China ()

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1105378 476 Downloads 1,262 Views

Author(s)

Ji Zheng¹, Yiting Zhao¹, Xiaoming Yang¹, Jianfa Liu^1*, Bin Xu^2*, Wei Hu³

Affiliation(s)

¹Medical School of Ningbo University, Zhejiang, China.
²Institute for Parasitic Diseases of Chinese Preventive and Control Center, Shanghai, China.
³School of Life Sciences of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

ABSTRACT

Babesia is a kind of pear-shaped protozoa that is parasitic in mammalian red blood cells. It is mainly transmitted by sputum and blood transfusion. Babesia is a zoonotic parasitic disease with clinical manifestations similar to malaria. It has been found all over China. In many cases of Babesia infection, Babesia has caused great threat to humans and other mammals. However, there are few studies on Babesia in China. This paper will make a brief review on the morphology, life history and pathogenesis, epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of Babesia in China.

KEYWORDS

Babesia, Research Status, China

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Zheng, J. , Zhao, Y. , Yang, X. , Liu, J. , Xu, B. and Hu, W. (2019) Current Status of Research on Babesia Parasites in China. Open Access Library Journal, 6, 1-7. doi: 10.4236/oalib.1105378.

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