UC Riverside and Yale University team sequences and mines genome of the pathogen Babesia duncani.
Scientists have sequenced the genome of Babesia duncani, a pathogen causing the malaria-like disease babesiosis, and identified potential inhibitors for more effective treatments.
‘Tis the season for hiking now that spring has arrived and temperatures are on the upswing. But with hikes come insect bites and on the increase in North America is babesiosis, a malaria-like disease spread especially between May and October by a tick.