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English
Etymology
From translingual Myxobolus + -iasis.
Noun
myxoboliasis (uncountable)
- Infection with parasites (myxozoas) of the genus Myxobolus.
1920, Rokusaburo Kudo, “Studies on Myxosporidia”, in Illinois Biological Monographs, volume 5, page 134:The cause of well known "Boil disease" (Beulenkrankheit) or Myxoboliasis tuberosa (Hofer) of the barbels in European waters.
1983, Fish quarantine and fish diseases in Southeast Asia, UNDP/FAO South China Sea Fisheries Development and Coordinating Program, International Development Research Centre (Canada):There are four major communicable diseases causing great losses to the freshwater-fish culture industry today: myxoboliasis, myxosomiasis, lerneosis, and a bacterial disease.
2002, James Richard Arthur, Primary Aquatic Animal Health Care in Rural, Small-scale, Aquaculture Development:Gill myxoboliasis, caused by Myxobolus and Henneguya, has caused heavy losses in Indian major carps, mainly Catla catla, in Bangladesh.