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Case Study 2
1 What microorganism is infecting this patient`s blood cells?
The microorganism that is infecting the patient is a Babesia and causes the rare disease known as "babesiosis." CITATION Wro11 \l 1033 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
2 Is this disease viral, fungal, bacterial or protozoan?
Babesia is a protozoan pathogenic microorganism belonging to the phylum Apicomplexa, class Acanoidasisda and order Piroplasmida.
3 How was it transmitted?
Babesiosis is a rare zoonotic disease that can be transferred through infected tick bites. These ticks usually come from a mammalian reservoir host and during the summer times or warm periods, these ticks travel to other parts of the country. In the case of the patient, he may have been bitten by the tick vector while he was gardening. CITATION Pau10 \l 1033 (California Lyme Association)
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