Isospora

Isospora
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	Sar
Superphylum:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
(unranked):	Myzozoa
Class:	Conoidasida
Subclass:	Coccidia
Order:	Eucoccidiorida
Suborder:	Eimeriorina
Family:	Eimeriidae
Genus:	Isospora Schneider, 1881
Species
I. almaataensis I. anseris I. ashmoonensis I. bahiensis I. belli I. bigemina I. bronchocelae I. buteonis I. buteonis I. canis I. felis I. hammondi I. heydorni I. hominis I. mandari I. mejiro I. neorivolta I. ohioensis I. peromysci I. rara I. ratti I. rivolta I. suis I. thibetana I. wallacei

Isospora is a genus of internal parasites classified under Coccidia.

It is responsible for the condition isosporiasis, which causes acute, non-bloody diarrhoea in immunocompromised individuals.

Taxonomy

At least 248 species have been described in this genus, but most of them are little studied, and it is doubtful whether all should be recognized as distinct species. Some have proposed splitting those species with paratenic hosts into separate genera Levinia or Cystoisospora, but as of 1997 this had not been widely accepted.

External links

• Isospora at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)