Babesia microti

Babesia microti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Piroplasmida
Species:
B. microti
Binomial name
Babesia microti
(França, 1912)
Life cycle of B. microti, including human infection
Typically B. microti is transmitted by the nymphal stage of Ixodes scapularis ticks (about the size of a poppy seed).

Babesia microti is a parasitic blood-borne piroplasm transmitted by deer ticks. B. microti is responsible for the disease babesiosis, a malaria-like disease which also causes fever and hemolysis.