TITLE:
A Review of Human Babesiosis and the Laboratory Diagnosis
AUTHORS:
Sihong Shen, Jianfa Liu
KEYWORDS:
Babesiosis, Tick-Borne, Babesiamicroti, Prevalence, Laboratory Diagnosis
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Access Library Journal,
Vol.6 No.11,
November
18,
2019
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.