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cyclospora
cy·clo·spo·ra C5870500 (sī′klə-spôr′ə)n. Any of various parasitic coccidia of the genus Cyclospora, especially Cyclospora cayetanensis, which causes the intestinal infection cyclosporiasis in humans. [New Latin, genus name : Greek kyklo-, cyclo- + Greek sporā, seed (in reference to the two round sporocysts in the oocyst of the type species).]Cy•clo•spo•ra (ˌsaɪ kləˈspɔr ə, -ˈspoʊr ə) n. a pathogenic protozoan (Cyclospora cayetanensis) found in berries that causes diarrhea, cramps, and fever. Cyclospora
Cyclospora (sī'klō-spōr'ă), A Cryptosporidium-like genus of coccidian parasites reported from millipedes, reptiles, insectivores, and a rodent species. Cyclospora is characterized by acid-fast oocysts with two sporocysts, each with two sporozoites. Cyclospora is implicated as the cause of a widespread, prolonged but self-limited human diarrhea in patients in the Americas, Caribbean countries, Southeast Asia, and eastern Europe previously reported as caused by Cyanobacterium-like bodies. C. cayetanensis is the species type. Synonym(s): Cyanobacterium-like bodiescyclospora (sī′klə-spôr′ə)n. Any of various parasitic coccidia of the genus Cyclospora, especially Cyclospora cayetanensis, which causes the intestinal infection cyclosporiasis in humans.Cy·clo·spo·ra (sī'klō-spōr'ă) A Cryptosporidium-like genus of coccidian parasites reported from millipedes, reptiles, insectivores, and one rodent species; characterized by acid-fast oocysts with two sporocysts, each with two sporozoites; implicated as the cause of a widespread, prolonged, but self-limited human diarrhea in patients in the Americas, Caribbean countries, southeast Asia, and eastern Europe previously reported as caused by cyanobacteriumlike bodies. Synonym(s): cyanobacteriumlike bodies. |