Isosporiasis

Isosporiasis is a human intestinal disease caused by a parasite called Isospora belli. Symptoms include diarrhea and weight loss. It is sometimes associated with AIDS. The first documented case was in 1915. (From the Wikpedia article Isosporiasis.)

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Recent Publications on Isosporiasis:
Intestinal parasitic infections in relation to HIV/AIDS status, diarrhea and CD4 T-cell count. BACKGROUND: HIV infection has been modifying both the epidemiology and...	5th November, 2009	Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Gondar University, PO Box 196	BMC Infect Dis. 2009 Sep 18;9:155. DOI Direct Link
Validity of Isospora lacazei (Labbe, 1893) infecting the house sparrow, Passer domesticus (L.), in Saudi Arabia. Isospora lacazei was described from large number of passeriform birds...	21st October, 2009	Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box	Parasitol Res. 2009 Oct;105(4):1105-8. Epub 2009 Jun 24. DOI Direct Link
Isospora hypoleucae sp. n. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae), a new coccidian parasite found in the Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca). A new Coccidia species is reported from the natural population of Pied...	3rd October, 2009	Institute for Polar Ecology, Wischhofstrasse 1-3 Geb. 12, Kiel D-24148,	Parasitology. 2009 Jul;136(8):841-5. Epub 2009 May 19. DOI Direct Link
New species of Eimeria Schneider, 1875 and Isospora Schneider, 1881 (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the short-crested flycatcher Myiarchus ferox (Gmelin) (Passeriformes: Tyrannidae) in South America. In the current study, two new coccidian species (Protozoa: Apicomplexa:...	15th September, 2009	Curso de Pos-Graduacao em Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidade Federal	Syst Parasitol. 2009 Sep;74(1):75-80. Epub 2009 Jul 25. DOI Direct Link
Isospora cholangiopathy: case study with histologic characterization and molecular confirmation. Isospora belli is an intracellular protozoan parasite that causes diarrhea...	9th September, 2009	Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT	Hum Pathol. 2009 Sep;40(9):1342-6. Epub 2009 May 17. DOI Direct Link
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Isosporiasis Patents:
US Patent No.	Title
4964416	Condom articles, and apparatus and method for making and using the same
5747476	Treatment of equine protozoal myeloencephalitis
5827543	Methods and compositions for the prevention and treatment of urogenital disorders
5882686	Methods for the prevention and treatment of urogenital disorders
5932564	Methods for the prevention and treatment of gastrointestinal disorders
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