摘要: Babesiosis, a tick-borne malaria-like zoonosis, appears to have plagued humans since antiquity in its veterinary form.“Behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thy cattle.…[They] shall be afflicted with a grievous murrain”(Exodus 9) may refer to red-water fever due to Babesia bovis. Human babesiosis has been reported mainly from Europe and the eastern or western United States and, recently, from subtropical areas such as Taiwan, the Canary Islands, and South Africa. The prevalence of babesiosis afflicting domestic animals in tropical regions suggests that human infection is not rare in the tropics and perhaps is mistaken for falciparum malaria. 1