Isospora
| Isospora | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| (unranked): | Sar |
| (unranked): | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| (unranked): | Myzozoa |
| Class: | Conoidasida |
| Subclass: | Coccidia |
| Order: | Eucoccidiorida |
| Suborder: | Eimeriorina |
| Family: | Eimeriidae |
| Genus: | Isospora Schneider, 1881 |
| Species | |
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I. almaataensis | |
Isospora is a genus of internal parasites classified under Coccidia.[1][2]
It is responsible for the condition isosporiasis, which causes acute, non-bloody diarrhoea in immunocompromised individuals.
Taxonomy
At least 248 species have been 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 doubted whether all should be recognized as distinct species.[3] Some have proposed splitting those species with paratenic hosts into separate genera Levinia or Cystoisospora, but as of 1997 this had not been widely accepted.[3]
References
- 1 2 Grulet, O.; Landau, I.; Millet, P.; Baccam, D. (1986). "Les Isospora du Moineau. I — Compléments à l'étude systématique". Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 61 (2): 155–160. doi:10.1051/parasite/1986612155. ISSN 0003-4150.
- 1 2 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.
- 1 2 David S. Lindsay; J. P. Dubey; Byron L. Blagburn (January 1997), "Biology of Isospora spp. from Humans, Nonhuman Primates, and Domestic Animals", Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 10 (1): 19–34, PMC 172913
, PMID 8993857
External links
- Isospora at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)