babesiosis
/bəˌbiːzɪˈəʊsɪs/(亦作babesiasis /ˌbæbɪˈzaɪəsɪs/)
noun
mass noun
1- a disease of cattle and other livestock, transmitted by the bite of ticks. It affects the red blood cells and causes the passing of red or blackish urine.巴贝斯虫病。亦称 PIROPLASMOSIS, REDWATER或MURRAIN.
1.1
- The disease is caused by protozoans of the genus Babesia, phylum Sporozoa.该病由孢子门巴贝虫属原生动物引起。
词源
early 20th cent.: from modern Latin Babesia, from the name Victor Babès （1854-1926）， Romanian bacteriologist.