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Cyclospora cayetanensis is a protozoan that causes disease in humans, and perhaps other primates.
Image: Cyclospora cayetanensis oocysts are excreted unsporulated (non-infective); they usually require at least 1 week under laboratory conditions to sporulate (become infective).
Other parasites that can produce symptoms similar to those of cryptosporidiosis include Cyclospora cayetanensis and, in immunocompromised patients, Isospora belli, and a collection of organisms referred to as microsporidia (eg, ...
Cyclospora infection was first described fewer than three decades ago, with the first human cases reported in the medical literature in 1979. A tiny, one-celled parasite, Cyclospora cayetanensis, causes the infection.
(PCP, aspergillosis, candidiasis, cryptococcosis, histoplasmosis, coccidioidomycosis, penicilliosis), parasitic infections (cryptosporidiosis, isosporiasis, toxoplasmosis, microsporidiosis, Strongyloides stercoralis, Cyclospora cayetanensis), ...
With increased international and adventure travel have come more exotic pathogens that need to be considered. Infection with Cyclospora cayetanensis or Cryptosporidium parvum from travel to Nepal or St.
 See also: Cyclospora, Fever, Diarrhea, Symptom, Prevention
  
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