Piroplasmea
Piroplasmea
[‚pir·ə′plaz·mē·ə] (invertebrate zoology)
A class of parasitic protozoans in the superclass Sarcodina; includes the single genus Babesia.
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Piroplasm Any organism in the class
Piroplasmea, while in a circulating red blood cell; for example, Babesia.
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