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Isospora
Sign in to savethumb|right | alt=Figures 1–2; Sporulated oocysts of Isospora machadoae sp. nov. recovered from Turdus albicolis from Brazil: (1) line drawing; (2) photomicrographs. Note the micropyle and micropyle cap (m/mc), nucleus (n), polar granule (pg), refractile body (rb), rough oocyst wall (row), Stieda (sb) and sub-Stieda bodies (ssb) and the sporocyst residuum (sr). Scale bar = 10 μm. | Figures 1–2; Sporulated oocysts of Isospora machadoae sp. nov. recovered from Turdus albicolis from Brazil: (1) line drawing; (2) photomicrographs. Note the micropyle and micropyle cap (m/mc), nucleus (n), polar gra
Species
GENUS
- KingdomChromista
- PhylumMyzozoa
- ClassConoidasida
- OrderEucoccidiorida
- FamilyEimeriidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 156
- With media
- 6
- Family
- Eimeriidae
- Collections
- USNM, MSB
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, Japan, Ecuador
Research
1,587 papers- Isospora belli.Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases · 2018
- Isospora suis infection in piglets. A review.The veterinary quarterly · 1983
- Isospora belli infections.Progress in clinical parasitology · 1991
- Emerging pathogens: Isospora, Cyclospora and microsporidia.Parasitology · 1998
- Biology of Isospora spp. from humans, nonhuman primates, and domestic animals.Clinical microbiology reviews · 1997
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Eimeriidae
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- taxon name
- Isospora
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Isospora
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- References
- External links
thumb|right | alt=Figures 1–2; Sporulated oocysts of Isospora machadoae sp. nov. recovered from Turdus albicolis from Brazil: (1) line drawing; (2) photomicrographs. Note the micropyle and micropyle cap (m/mc), nucleus (n), polar granule (pg), refractile body (rb), rough oocyst wall (row), Stieda (sb) and sub-Stieda bodies (ssb) and the sporocyst residuum (sr). Scale bar = 10 μm. | Figures 1–2; Sporulated oocysts of Isospora machadoae sp. nov. recovered from Turdus albicolis from Brazil: (1) line drawing; (2) photomicrographs. Note the micropyle and micropyle cap (m/mc), nucleus (n), polar granule (pg), refractile body (rb), rough oocyst wall (row), Stieda (sb) and sub-Stieda bodies (ssb) and the sporocyst residuum (sr). Scale bar = 10 μm. Isospora is a genus of internal parasites in the subclass Coccidia.
It is responsible for the condition isosporiasis, which causes acute, non-bloody diarrhoea in immunocompromised individuals.
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