[bəˌbiːzɪˈəʊsɪs](亦作 babesiasis ˌbɑːbɪˈzʌɪəsɪs)
noun
[mass noun]a disease of cattle and other livestock, transmitted by the bite of ticks. It affects the red blood cells and causes the passing of red or blackish urine
巴贝虫病。 亦称 piroplasmosis, redwater 或 murrain
The disease is caused by protozoans of the genus Babesia, phylum Sporozoa
该病由孢子门巴贝虫属原生动物引起

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语源
early 20th cent.: from modern Latin Babesia, from the name Victor Babès (1854–1926), Romanian bacteriologist