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Cyclospora cayetanensis

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Name

Greek: kyclos = spherical, round; sporos = spore, capsule, semen; cayetanensis = Caribbean origin.

Geographic Distribution/Epidemiology

Worldwide (in warmer countries) several 100,000 persons are infected. Probably all had been infected abroad from their homes during holidays. The species name was given since the first description was done based on material of a patient who came from a Caribbean island.

Morphology/Life Cycle

Starting from 1985 spherical cystic stages of 8–10 μm in diameter had been observed in increasing numbers in the feces of immunocompromised and immunocompetent persons. These stages were at first kept for cyanobacteria and thus described as CLB bodies (= cyanobacteria-like bodies). Other investigators identified these small globules as peculiar stages of the genus Cryptosporidium , because similar ones were discovered at the same time in large numbers in the feces of AIDS patients. Intense experiments to sporulate these stages (Lit. see (Ortega et al. 1998))...

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Further Readings

  • Chacin-Bonilla L (2010) Epidemiology of Cyclospora cayetanensis: a review focused in endemic areas. Acta Trop 115:181–193

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  • Legua P, Seas C (2013) Cystoisospora and Cyclospora. Infect Dis 26:479–483

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  1. Institut für Zoomorphologie, Zellbiologie und Parasitologie Universitätsstraße 1, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Heinz Mehlhorn

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  1. Institute of Zoomorphology and Parasitology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Heinz Mehlhorn

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Mehlhorn, H. (2015). Cyclospora cayetanensis . In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27769-6_4235-1

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