Morphologic and molecular characterization of new Cyclospora species from Ethiopian monkeys: C. cercopitheci sp.n., C. colobi sp.n., and C. papionis sp.n.

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Eberhard, M. L. ; da Silva, A. J. ; Lilley, B. G. ; Pieniazek, N. J.
• Description:
  In recent years, human cyclosporiasis has emerged as an important infection, with large outbreaks in the United States and Canada. Understanding the biology and epidemiology of Cyclospora has been difficult and slow and has been complicated by not knowing the pathogen s origins, animal reservoirs (if any), and relationship to other coccidian parasites. This report provides morphologic and molecular characterization of three parasites isolated from primates and names each isolate: Cyclospora cercopitheci sp.n. for a species recovered from green monkeys, C. colobi sp.n. for a parasite from colobus monkeys, and C. papionis sp.n. for a species infecting baboons. These species, plus C. cayetanensis, which infects humans, increase to four the recognized species of Cyclospora infecting primates. These four species group homogeneously as a single branch intermediate between avian and mammalian Eimeria. Results of our analysis contribute toward clarification of the taxonomic position of Cyclospora and its relationship to other coccidian parasites.
• Subjects:
  Animals Base Sequence Cercopithecus Aethiops Coccidia Colobus Feces Humans Molecular Sequence Data Papio Phylogeny Research Article

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 5(5):651-658.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  5
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
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  urn:sha256:8e92b76b50de19ab3c833a08c65552f6ce951f1cf0cafed98feaab97b1f03c69
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/3264/cdc_3264_DS1.pdf
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