Genus Cyclospora Schneider, 1881

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• Cyclospora Schneider, A. 1881. Sur les psorospermies oviformes ou Coccidies, espèces nouvelles ou peu connues. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 9: 387-404 [391].

  Type species:

   Cyclospora glomericola Schneider, 1881 by original designation.

Introduction

Cyanobacteria-like or coccidia-like bodies (CLB); forming oocysts with two sporocysts, each with two sporozoites.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 [HOMINIDAE] Human (faeces)).

Extra Ecological Information

Unidentified species of Cyclospora have been found in the listed parasite hosts.

General References

Butcher, A.R., Lumb, R., Coulter, E. & Nielsen, D.J. 1994. Coccidian/cyanobacterium-like body associated diarrhea in an Australian traveller returning from overseas. Pathology 26: 59-61

McDougall, R.J. & Tandy, M.W. 1993. Coccidian/Cyanobacterium-like bodies as a cause of diarrhea in Australia. Pathology 25: 375-378

Ortega, Y.R., Sterling, C.R. & Gilman, R.H. 1998. Cyclospora cayetanensis. Advances in Parasitology 40: 399-418

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