Babesiosoma

 ( Apicomplexa Genera ) 

Babesiosoma is a genus of parasitic Alveolata in the phylum Apicomplexia.

They have two hosts in their life cycle: the vertebrate hosts are fish and the invertebrate vectors are .

This genus has been poorly studied and little is known about it.

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History The genus was created in 1956 by Jakowska and Nigrelli.Jakowska S, Nigrelli RF (1956)Some protozoan diseases of man and animals: Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, and Toxoplasmosis. Annal NY Acad Sci 64, 112–127

Seven species have been recognised in this genus.Misra KK, Haldar DP, Chakravarty MM (1969) Babesiosoma ophicephali n. sp. from the freshwater teleost Ophicephalus punctatus Bloch. J Protozool 16(3):446-449Negm-Eldin MM (1998) Life cycle, host restriction and longevity of Babesiosoma mariae HOARE, 1930 (Apicomplexa: Dactylosomatidae). Dtsch Tierarztl Wochenschr 105(10):367-374Smit NJ, Van As JG, Davies AJ (2003) Observations on Babesiosoma mariae (Apicomplexa: Dactylosomatidae) from the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Folia Parasitol (Praha) 50(1):85-86

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