Isospora
| Isospora | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Superphylum: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Conoidasida |
| Order: | Eucoccidiorida |
| Family: | Eimeriidae |
| Genus: | Isospora Schneider, 1881 |
| Species | |
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I. almaataensis | |
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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 | edit source]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
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Isospora at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
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