Coccidiasina
[= Coccidia]
Life
> Eukaryotes >
Chromalveolata > Alveolata >
Apicomplexa > Conoidasida
Blood parasites of, mainly, vertebrates.
Isospora belli and I. hominis parasitise human intestines causing
coccidiosis or isosporosis. Sarcocystis is found in the muscles of many
vertebrate animals.
Genera in southern Africa
Besnoitia
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Caryospora
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Cryptosporidium
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Eimeria
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Frenkelia
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Hammondia
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Hepatozoon
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Isospora
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Lankesterella
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Neospora
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Sarcocystis
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Toxoplasma
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