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Piroplasmia

Medical Definition: A subclass of heteroxenous parasitic protozoa usually transmitted by ticks. Its organisms are rod-shaped or amoeboid with conoid, oocysts, spores, and pseudocysts absent. Locomotion is by body flexion, gliding, or, in sexual stages, by large axopodium-like organelles.
Guide Notes: a subclass of tick-borne protozoa: do not confuse with order PIROPLASMIDA
Piroplasmia Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Piroplasmida - An order of protozoa comprising heteroxenous tick-borne blood parasites. Representative genera include BABESIA, Dactylosoma, and THEILERIA.

Piroplasmia Medical Definitions and Terms

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