Isospora

Isospora
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Chromalveolata
Superphylum:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
(unranked):	Myzozoa
Class:	Conoidasida
Subclass:	Coccidiasina
Order:	Eucoccidiorida
Suborder:	Eimeriorina
Family:	Eimeriidae
Genus:	Isospora; Schneider 1881
Species
	I. almaataensis; I. anseris ; I. bahiensis; I. belli; I. bigemina; I. bronchocelae; I. buteonis; I. buteonis; I. canis; I. felis; I. hammondi; I. heydorni; I. hominis; I. mandari; I. mejiro; I. neorivolta; I. ohioensis; I. peromysci ; I. rara ; I. ratti; I. rivolta; I. suis ; I. thibetana; I. wallacei;

Isospora is a genus of internal parasites classified under Coccidia.

It is responsible for the condition isosporiasis.

At least 248 species have been described in this genus, but most of them are little studied and it is doubtful whether all should be recognized as distinct species.^[1] 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.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b David S. Lindsay, J. P. Dubey, and 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{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

External links

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

[lindsay-1] David S. Lindsay, J. P. Dubey, and 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{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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