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Isospora

Isospora
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Diaphoretickes
Clade:	SAR
Clade:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Conoidasida
Order:	Eucoccidiorida
Family:	Eimeriidae
Genus:	Isospora Schneider, 1881
Species
I. almaataensis I. anseris I. ashmoonensis I. bahiensis I. bigemina I. bronchocelae I. buteonis I. buteonis I. cardellinae I. hammondi I. heydorni I. hominis I. mandari I. mejiro I. neorivolta I. peromysci I. rara I. ratti I. rivolta I. thibetana I. wallacei

Isospora is a genus of internal parasites in the subclass Coccidia.^[1][2]

It is responsible for the condition isosporiasis, which causes acute, non-bloody diarrhoea in immunocompromised individuals.

Taxonomy[edit]

At least 248 species were originally described in this genus. For instance, the house sparrow has 12 species of Isospora.^[1][2] However, most species are little studied, and some authors doubt whether all should be recognized as distinct species.^[3] In 2005, all former Isospora species that infect mammalian hosts were reclassified as members of the genus Cystoisospora, a member of the Sarcocystidae family.^[4]

References[edit]

1. ^ ^{a b} Grulet, O.; Landau, I.; Millet, P.; Baccam, D. (1986). "Les Isospora du Moineau. I — Compléments à l'étude systématique" (PDF). Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 61 (2): 155–160. doi:10.1051/parasite/1986612155. ISSN 0003-4150.

^ ^{a b} Grulet, O.; Landau, I.; Millet, P.; Baccam, D. (1986). "Les Isospora du Moineau. II — Études sur la biologie". Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 61 (2): 161–192. doi:10.1051/parasite/1986612161. ISSN 0003-4150.

External links[edit]

• Isospora at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

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