Cystoisopora
Cystoisopora
Taxonomy
- Kingdom Protozoa
- Phylum Apicomplexa
- Class Conoidasida
- Order Eucoccidiorida
- Family Eimeriidae
Final host
Carnivores, pig, camel, human and primates
Morphology
Sporulated oocysts contain two sporocysts each with four sporozoites Sporocysts lack Stieda bodies
Cycle
Direct (faecal oral route) with paratenic hosts (rodents)
Location
Intestine (enterocytes)
Feeding
Holozoic (micropores)
Diagnostic
Oocyst (non-sporulated when passed in faeces) requires further sporulation for specific identification
Transmission
Sporulated oocyst
