• Babesia life cycle – When phylogeny meets biology 

      Jalovecka, Marie; Sojka, Daniel; Ascencio, Mariano E.; Schnittger, Leonhard (Elsevier, 2019-02-04)
      Although Babesia represents an important worldwide veterinary threat and an emerging risk to humans, this parasite has been poorly studied as compared to Plasmodium, its malaria-causing relative. In fact, Babesia employs ...
    • Degrade to survive : the intricate world of piroplasmid proteases 

      Florin-Christensen, Mónica; Sojka, Daniel; Ganzinelli, Sabrina Belen; Snebergerová, Pavla; Suarez, Carlos Esteban; Schnittger, Leonhard (Elsevier, 2023-07)
      Piroplasmids of the genera Babesia, Theileria, and Cytauxzoon are tick-transmitted parasites with a high impact on animals and humans. They have complex life cycles in their definitive arthropod and intermediate vertebrate ...