| Cyclospora | A Cryptosporidium-like genus of coccidian parasites reported from millipedes, reptiles, insectivores, and a rodent species. Cyclospora is characterised by acid-fast oocysts with two sporocysts, each with two sporozoites. Cyclospora species is an undescribed but distinct species of Cyclospora that is implicated as the cause of a widespread, prolonged but self-limited human diarrhoea in patients in North, Central, and South America; Caribbean countries; Southeast Asia; and eastern Europe previously reported as caused by cyanobacterium-like bodies. Synonym: cyanobacterium-like bodies. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| cyclospora cayetanensis | Cyclospora cayetanensis is an acid-fast, coccidian-like, parasitic protozoan with the size of 8-10 micrometre in diameter. Cyclospora cayetanesis was recently recognised as a new (intestinal) protozoan pathogen of human (1993, species name was proposed in 1994) and was identified as the cause of the prolonged diarrhoea of travelers as well as immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients. (09 Oct 1997) |