Due to the transmissibility of " Babesia " through blood transfusions, IFA testing would be an effective means of screening for the disease in blood donations.
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Medical professionals historically successfully identified babesiosis with xenodiagnosis, both in hamsters for " Babesia microti " and in gerbils for " Babesia divergens ".
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Medical professionals historically successfully identified babesiosis with xenodiagnosis, both in hamsters for " Babesia microti " and in gerbils for " Babesia divergens ".
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Diagnosis is confirmed " post mortem " by observation of " Babesia "-infected erythrocytes sludged in the cerebral cortical capillaries in a brain smear.
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Another analysis suggests that " Babesia " and " Theileria " are more closely related to the adeleid species than to " Plasmodium ".
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Weylon in 1926 grouped many of these genera into the genus " Babesia "-given what is now known about these genera this was probably an error.
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Antibodies against " Babesia " ( both IgG and IgM ) can detect low-level infection in cases with a high clinical suspicion, but negative blood film examinations.
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The authors also estimated that " Theileria " evolved ( 95 % credible interval ) and that " Babesia " evolved ( 95 % credible interval )
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A Bayesian analysis based on the nuclear genes suggests a date of divergence between " Babesia " and " Theileria " of ( 95 % credible interval )
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"Dogs infected with " Babesia canis " usually respond to treatment with imidocarb dipropionate at a dose of 6 mg / kg IM administered twice at 14-day intervals.
