Open AccessPreventing Foodborne Illness: Cyclospora cayetanensis
Author(s) -
Gerald Sigua,
Keith R. Schneider,
R. D. Goodrich,
Michael J. Mahovic,
Rajya Shukla
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
edis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2576-0009
DOI - 10.32473/edis-fs130-2005
Subject(s) - cyclospora cayetanensis , cyclospora , coccidia , microbiology and biotechnology , incidence (geometry) , biology , environmental health , medicine , parasite hosting , feces , cryptosporidium , world wide web , physics , optics , computer science
Cyclospora cayetanensis is a microscopic, intestinal protozoan parasite first reported in 1979 that has been known as cyanobacterium-like, coccidia-like, and as cyclospora-like bodies (CLB). It wasnt until 1993 that it was officially characterized as Cyclospora cayetanensis. Much is still unknown about C. cayetanensis, but it is a known cause of a gastrointestinal infection (cyclosporiasis), with increasing worldwide incidence including cases in the United States and Canada. This document is FSHN0519, one of a series of the Food Science and Human Nutrition Department, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date September 2005.
FSHN0519/FS130: Preventing Foodborne Illness: Cyclosporiasis (ufl.edu)