BABESIA

Babesia microti (GI strain), Babesia duncani (WA1 isolate) and Babesia divergens (MO1 isolate) are zoonotic obligate intra-erythrocytic protozoans transmitted by tick vectors, causing flu-like symptoms as well as a malaria-like illness in humans.  Substrate Slides are prepared with infected Syrian hamster erythrocytes, where the merozoites are visible as compact or multiple inclusions by IFA staining.