Babesiosis - Babesia Life Cycle

1) Tick takes a blood meal (sporozoites introduced into host)

2) Trophozie ←→ Merozoite

3) Gamete

4) Tick takes a blood meal (ingests gametes)

5) Fertilization in gut → ookinete enters salivary gland → sporogony → sporozoites 

6) Tick takes a blood meal (sporozoites introduced into host)

7) Trophozie ←→ Merozoite

8) Transmitted from human-to-human via blood transfusion



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