Zoonotic Babesia: A scoping review of the global evidence

Author:

Young, KM, Corrin, T, Wilhelm, B, Uhland, C, Greig, JD, Mascarenhas, M, and Waddell, LA

Publication type:

Journal Article

Publication date:

2019-12

Journal/Series title:

PLoS One

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URL:

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0226781

Abstract:

This review included 1394 articles relevant to human babesiosis and/or zoonotic Babesia species. The main zoonotic species were B. microti, B. divergens, B. duncani and B. venatorum. Articles described a variety of study designs used to study babesiosis in humans and/or zoonotic Babesia species in vectors, animal hosts, and in vitro cell cultures. Topics of study included: pathogenesis (680 articles), epidemiology (480), parasite characterization (243), diagnostic test accuracy (98), mitigation (94), treatment (65), transmission (54), surveillance (29), economic analysis (7), and societal knowledge (1). No articles reported predictive models investigating the impact of climate change on Babesia species.