A Review of Human Babesiosis and the Laboratory Diagnosis - Open Access Library Journal

OALibJ > Vol.6 No.11, November 2019

A Review of Human Babesiosis and the Laboratory Diagnosis ()

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1105870 546 Downloads 1,774 Views

Author(s)

Sihong Shen, Jianfa Liu^*

Affiliation(s)

School of Medicine, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China.

ABSTRACT

Babesiosis is a new worldwide parasitic disease caused by hemoprotozoan par-asites of the genus Babesia, which is parasitic on erythrocytes of humans, and other vertebrates, and transmitted via ixodid ticks. Babesiamicroti is the main pathogenic agent of human babesiosis and is prevalent all over the world, in-cluding Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, North America and Australia. The United States has the highest number of cases. Babesiosis is mainly dis-tributed in Northeast China, followed by southwest China. As a new in-sect-borne infectious disease, the disease poses a serious threat to human health, but the research foundation is relatively weak and should be paid more attention to. In this paper, the prevalence, transmission, distribution of babesiosis at home and abroad, and laboratory diagnosis are reviewed. The related research focus of babesiosis mainly includes the screening of diagnostic antigens of babesiosis and the interaction mechanism between Babesia and host and other pathogens.

KEYWORDS

Babesiosis, Tick-Borne, Babesiamicroti, Prevalence, Laboratory Diagnosis

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Shen, S. and Liu, J. (2019) A Review of Human Babesiosis and the Laboratory Diagnosis. Open Access Library Journal, 6, 1-8. doi: 10.4236/oalib.1105870.

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