Hashemi-Fesharki R, Uilenberg G
Vet Q. 1981 Jan;3(1):1-8. doi: 10.1080/01652176.1981.9693787.
A large Babesia sp., isolated from a sheep in Iran, provided to be serologically and morphologically different from B, motasi and B. ovis. The parasite, designated B. crassa n. sp., is characterized by the frequent occurrence of four organisms in one erythrocyte, which is the result of quadruple division and, in other cases, of two successive binary divisions. Parasited resulting from the first of two successive binary divisions are exceptionally broad. B. crassa appears to be of low pathogenicity for sheep and goats, to which it is also infective. The vector is unknown.
从伊朗一只绵羊体内分离出的一种大型巴贝斯虫，在血清学和形态学上与莫氏巴贝斯虫和绵羊巴贝斯虫不同。这种寄生虫被命名为厚巴贝斯虫（B. crassa n. sp.），其特征是一个红细胞中经常出现四个虫体，这是四重分裂的结果，在其他情况下是两次连续的二分裂。两次连续二分裂中第一次分裂产生的虫体异常宽阔。厚巴贝斯虫对绵羊和山羊的致病性似乎较低，但也能感染它们。其传播媒介尚不清楚。
