Babesia ovis isolate:Selcuk Genome sequencing. Babesia ovis isolate:Selcuk

Babesia ovis is a tick-borne intraerythrocytic apicomplexan parasite. It is one of the causative agents of ovine babesiosis in small ruminants. The disease is a worldwide epidemic, especially in Europe, Africa, and Asia. The manifestation is characterized by fever, hemolytic anemia, hemoglobinuria, and icterus. In this study, we assembled a whole genome sequence of B. ovis obtained from naturally infected sheep in the Central Anatolian Region of Turkey to provide a genetic background on pathogenicity, host specificity and adaptation through the evolution.