Babesia

== Translingual == === Etymology === Named after Romanian physician and bacteriologist Victor Babeș +‎ -ia === Proper noun === Babesia f A taxonomic genus within the family Babesiidae – protozoan parasites, carried by ticks, that infect the blood and cause a hemolytic disease known as babesiosis. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Chromista – kingdom; Harosa – subkingdom; Halvaria – infrakingdom; Alveolata – superphylum; Miozoa – phylum; Myzozoa – subphylum; Apicomplexa – infraphylum; Sporozoa – superclass; Coccidiomorphea – class; Hematozoa – subclass; Aconoidia – superorder; Piroplasmida – order; Babesiidae – family ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Babesia bigemina, Babesia bovis, Babesia canis, Babesia divergens, Babesia microti - selected species ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Babesia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Babesia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Babesia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Babesia at National Center for Biotechnology Information