Irwin Peter J
Department of Veterinary Clinical Science, School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, Western Australia 6150, Australia.
Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract. 2010 Nov;40(6):1141-56. doi: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2010.08.001.
Babesiosis continues to pose a threat to dogs worldwide as a cause of anemia, thrombocytopenia, and a wide variety of clinical signs, ranging from mild, nonspecific illness to peracute collapse and death. Practitioners should be alert to the importance of collecting travel and fight history for a patient and should be aware of new piroplasm species that have been described. Asymptomatic infections necessitate careful screening of potential blood donors using a combination of diagnostic testing procedures. Current treatment strategies for babesiosis often ameliorate the clinical signs of infection, but these hemoparasites are seldom completely eliminated, and when immunocompromised, recrudescence may occur.
巴贝斯虫病作为贫血、血小板减少症的病因以及一系列临床症状（从轻度、非特异性疾病到急性衰竭和死亡）的诱因，继续对全球范围内的犬类构成威胁。从业者应警惕为患者收集旅行和打斗史的重要性，并应了解已被描述的新梨形虫种类。无症状感染需要使用多种诊断检测程序对潜在献血者进行仔细筛查。目前巴贝斯虫病的治疗策略通常可改善感染的临床症状，但这些血液寄生虫很少能被完全清除，而且在免疫功能低下时可能会复发。
