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*Two Americans, Fred Kilborne and Theobald Smith discovered Babesia as the parasitic infection responsible for ''Texas Cattle Fever.''
*Two Americans, Fred Kilborne and Theobald Smith discovered Babesia as the parasitic infection responsible for ''Texas Cattle Fever.''
[[Image:Victor Babes.jpg|center|350px|thumb|Victor Babes. A Romanian physician and scientist. Known for his many contributions to modern-day microbiology, in 1888, Victor Babes discovered Babesia, an apicomplexan parasitic organism, responsible for the hemolytic infection Babesiosis.]]


*In 1957, a splenectomized human patient is reported to suffer from a hemolytic illness likened to that of babesiosis. Babesia is identified as the parasite responsible for infection. All other reported patients suffering from the illness had also undergone a splenectomy until 1969.
*In 1957, a splenectomized human patient is reported to suffer from a hemolytic illness likened to that of babesiosis. Babesia is identified as the parasite responsible for infection. All other reported patients suffering from the illness had also undergone a splenectomy until 1969.

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Victor Babes. A Romanian physician and scientist. Known for his many contributions to modern-day microbiology, in 1888, Victor Babes discovered Babesia, an apicomplexan parasitic organism, responsible for the hemolytic infection Babesiosis.

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Babesiosis was originally reported by the Romanian scientist, Victor Babes, in 1888. The disease was investigated for its renown infection in domesticated animals and cattle. In 1957, the first human babesiosis infection was documented in a splenectomized, Yugoslavian patient. All patients observed with babesiosis had also undergone a splenectomy, it wasn't until 1969 that the infection was observed within a normal patient.

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  • Babesiosis was first discovered as a hemolytic infection in 1888 by the Romanian scientist, Victor Babes.
  • Two Americans, Fred Kilborne and Theobald Smith discovered Babesia as the parasitic infection responsible for Texas Cattle Fever.
  • In 1957, a splenectomized human patient is reported to suffer from a hemolytic illness likened to that of babesiosis. Babesia is identified as the parasite responsible for infection. All other reported patients suffering from the illness had also undergone a splenectomy until 1969.
  • In 1969, the first babesiosis infection within a normal human patient, without a splenectomy, was documented.
  • In 2011, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, listed babesiosis as a nationally notifiable condition.

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