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What is the history of Babesiosis?
When was Babesiosis discovered? What is the story of this discovery? Was it coincidence or not?
In 1893, Smith and Kilbourne linked Babesia with its vector, the tick, and found that Texas cattle fever was actually caused by this blood parasite. For a long time, babesiosis was considered an animal disease, until 1957 when a Yugoslavian cattle farmer contracted babesiosis.
Posted Mar 16, 2018 by Niki 8100
