Species Isospora belli Wenyon, 1923

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Regional Maps

• Isospora belli Wenyon, C.M. 1923. Coccidiosis of cats and dogs and the status of the Isospora of man. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 17: 231-288.

Generic Combinations

• Cystoisospora belli (Wenyon, 1923). —
  Frenkel, J.K. 1977. Besnoitia wallacei of cats and rodents: with a reclassification of other cyst-forming isosporoid Coccidia. Journal of Parasitology 63(4): 611-628, illust.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

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

Associated Fauna References

Bucens, I.K. & King, R.O.P. 2000. Isospora belli infection and chronic electrolyte disturbance in a child with fetal alcohol syndrome. Medical Journal of Australia 173: 252-255 (Homo sapiens)

Butler, T. & DeBoer, W.G.R.M. 1981. Isospora belli infection in Australia. Pathology 13: 593-595 (Homo sapiens)

Edwards, P., Wodak, A., Cooper, D.A., Thompson, I.L. & Penny, R. 1990. The gastrointestinal manifestations of AIDS. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine 20: 141-148 (Homo sapiens)

Field, A.S. 2002. Light microscopic and electron microscopic diagnosis of gastrointestinal opportunistic infections in HIV-positive patients. Pathology 34: 21-35 (Homo sapiens)

Field, A.S., Marriott, D.J. & Hing, M.C. 1993. The Warthin-Starry stain in the diagnosis of small intestinal microsporidiosis in HIV-infected patients. Folia Parasitologica. Prague 40: 261-266 (Homo sapiens)

Lumb, R. & Hardiman, R. 1991. Isospora belli infection. A report of two cases in patients with AIDS. Medical Journal of Australia 155: 194-196 (Homo sapiens)

Meloni, B.P., Thompson, R.C.A., Hopkins, R.M., Reynoldson, J.A. & Gracey, M. 1993. The prevalence of Giardia and other intestinal parasites in children, dogs and cats from Aboriginal communities in the Kimberely. Medical Journal of Australia 158: 157-159 (Homo sapiens)

Prociv, P., Luke, R. & Quayle, P. 1992. Isosporiasis in the Aboriginal population of Queensland. Medical Journal of Australia 156: 115-117 (Homo sapiens)

Samarasinghe, B., Johnson, J. & Ryan, U. 2008. Phylogenetic analysis of Cystoisospora species at the rRNA ITS1 locus and development of a PCR-RFLP assay. Experimental Parasitology 118: 592-595 (Homo sapiens)

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