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Medical Definition of Babesia divergens
1. Commonest species of Babesia in western and central Europe, causing a disease of cattle similar to that produced by Babesia bovis; vector tick is Ixodes ricinus; it has caused human babesiosis in splenectomised individuals in France, Ireland, Scotland, Croatia, Georgia, a part of the former Soviet Union, and Sweden; also found in reindeer. (05 Mar 2000)