How to Use babesiosis in a Sentence

babesiosis

noun

• This is far from the first time clinicians have mixed up malaria and babesiosis.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 13 Oct. 2023
• Symptoms of babesiosis include fever, chills, headache, and fatigue, Krause said.
  — Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Mar. 2023
• Not Lyme, but a different disease carried by the same type of tick: a disease called babesiosis.
  — New York Times, 26 Aug. 2021
• There’s also the relatively new babesiosis, and the rare tularemia and Powassan virus.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 2 May 2018
• The woman traveled to Spain a week later, where clinicians confirmed the finding of babesiosis.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 13 Oct. 2023
• Cattle and other livestock can also transmit diseases such as anthrax and babesiosis to the wild equids.
  — National Geographic, 25 Mar. 2020
• Here’s what to know about babesiosis, including common symptoms and how to protect yourself.
  — Brian Mastroianni, Health, 27 Mar. 2023
• For instance, the report noted that babesiosis data were only available starting in 2011 from some states.
  — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 1 May 2018
• Another complication to look out for is babesiosis, a red blood cell infection resulting from the tick's bite, notes the CDC.
  — Sarah Bradley, Women's Health, 26 May 2023
• Ticks the size of poppy seeds pick up the parasites that cause babesiosis by feeding on white-footed mice, according to the TickEncounter Resource Center.
  — Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Mar. 2023
• Because Babesia parasites infect red blood cells, babesiosis can cause hemolytic anemia (from the destruction of red blood cells).
  — Gregory B. Hladky, courant.com, 6 May 2018
• Among them is babesiosis, which has become significantly more prevalent in the Northeast in recent years.
  — Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 17 Mar. 2023
• Though many people with babesiosis don’t experience symptoms, the disease can be fatal for others.
  — Brian Mastroianni, Health, 27 Mar. 2023
• Ticks in the poppy-seed-sized nymph stage are responsible for transmitting Lyme disease, as well as babesiosis and anaplasmosis.
  — Kayla Hui, Mph, Verywell Health, 28 Dec. 2023
• Other tick-bourne illnesses, like babesiosis, have seen an increase in cases due to climate change, creating warmer winters and longer summers.
  — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2023
• Bite: Larvae and nymphs are recognized as transmitters of anaplasmosis, babesiosis, Lyme disease and Powassan virus in the northern half of Ixodes scapularis' range.
  — Wendy Orent, Discover Magazine, 11 Dec. 2013
• Ticks that prefer cooler, wetter areas—like black-legged ticks (a.k.a. deer ticks), which can transmit Lyme disease, babesiosis, and Powassan virus—have been pushed north to new locations (hello, Canada).
  — Julia Ries, SELF, 14 June 2023
• The two drugs also already have FDA approval for use together as a treatment for a parasitic illness called babesiosis, which is caused by microscopic parasites and can be spread by ticks.
  — Stephanie Innes, azcentral, 5 May 2020
• And these numbers may represent a small fraction of the actual cases, because babesiosis is often missed or misdiagnosed as malaria or flu.
  — Linda Marsa, Discover Magazine, 4 Jan. 2012
• Given the circumstances, doctors admitted him to a hospital and began treatment for babesiosis.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 13 Oct. 2023
• Whereas babesiosis doesn't have that same pattern of dissemination.
  — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 4 June 2023
• Ticks are vectors for a handful of dangerous, debilitating illnesses, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, ehrlichea, babesiosis and tuleramia among them.
  — Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 8 Apr. 2018
• Ticks that transmit Lyme disease can also transmit other pathogens causing less-common diseases such as anaplasmosis and babesiosis.
  — Sumathi Reddy, WSJ, 9 July 2018
• Ticks have the ability to spread dangerous diseases, including Lyme disease, anaplasmosis and babesiosis, in as little as 36-48 hours after the initial bite, according to Mannes.
  — Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 2 June 2021
• Ticks, for instance, can transmit infections that cause Lyme disease, babesiosis, ehrlichiosis and tularemia.
  — Katia Hetter, CNN, 29 Feb. 2024
• Michael Yoder died Aug. 8 of liver and kidney failure after contracting babesiosis from a tick bite, according to the state medical examiner.
  — Staff and Wire Reports, courant.com, 23 Aug. 2017
• These insects can in turn carry and spread infectious diseases such as anaplasmosis, angiostrongylus, babesiosis, borreliosis, Lyme disease, and the plague.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
• Most of us are familiar with Lyme disease, but ticks also transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever, ehrlichiosis, babesiosis and Cytauxzoon felis, which infects cats.
  — Kim Campbell Thornton, sacbee, 25 Aug. 2017
• Cases of Lyme, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, babesiosis, anaplasmosis and ehrlichiosis have increased several times over.
  — Joyce Sakamoto, Washington Post, 18 June 2018
• Ticks spread Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, babesiosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, rabbit fever, Powassan virus and other ills, some of them only recently discovered.
  — Donald G. McNeil Jr., New York Times, 1 May 2018

Last Updated: 21 Nov 2024