Babesia bovis genome view

Babesia bovis is a haemoprotozoan parasite that causes disease in cattle. Babesiosis is one of the world's most severe tick-borne problems of cattle in temperate and tropical regions, responsible for great economic loss in lifestock in developing countries. Along with organisms such as Toxoplasma gondii, Eimeria tenella and Plasmodium falciparum, B. bovis have plastid-like DNA.The pathology caused by acute Babesia bovis infection is similar to that seen in severe human malaria caused by P. falciparum infection, what makes this disease an important model to study malaria, in particular, the pathological aspects of cerebral malaria.