Babesia microti
| Babesia microti | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Piroplasmida |
| Family: | Babesiidae |
| Genus: | Babesia |
| Species: | B. microti
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| Binomial name | |
| Babesia microti (França, 1912)
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Babesia microti is a parasitic blood-borne piroplasm transmitted by deer ticks. B. microti is responsible for the disease babesiosis, a malaria-like zoonosis which causes fever, hemolytic anemia caused by hemolysis, and enlarged spleen.