Babesiosis - Babesia Life Cycle 1) Tick takes a blood meal (sporozoites introduced into host) 2) Trophozie ←→ Merozoite 3) Gamete 4) Tick takes a blood meal (ingests gametes) 5) Fertilization in gut → ookinete enters salivary gland → sporogony → sporozoites 6) Tick takes a blood meal (sporozoites introduced into host) 7) Trophozie ←→ Merozoite 8) Transmitted from human-to-human via blood transfusion #Babesiosis #Babesia #LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases #cdc #parasite
