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Reticulocytes appeared significantly elevated in blood films of<jats:italic>P. pipistrellus<\/jats:italic>infected with<jats:italic>B. vesperuginis<\/jats:italic>compared with uninfected laboratory-maintained bats or apparently uninfected wild-caught bats. Infected captive bats had significantly enlarged spleens.<jats:italic>B. vesperuginis<\/jats:italic>was transmitted by inoculation of infected blood to 5 uninfected captive<jats:italic>P. pipistrellus<\/jats:italic>. The course of infection followed a pattern of a rising parasitaemia accompanied by a rise in reticulocytes, followed by a fall in parasitaemia to low (&lt;0\u00b71%) or undetectable levels. When sacrificed, the<jats:italic>Babesia<\/jats:italic>-infected bats had significantly lowered blood haemoglobin, significantly raised white blood cell counts and enlarged spleens compared to uninfected bats. 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