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Toxoplasma gondii is cosmopolitan in distribution, with the widest range of hosts ranging from birds and warm-blooded animals including humans. Cystoisospora belli is a coccidian parasite which causes diarrhoea in humans. It is more common in tropical and subtropical countries. Cryptosporidium has an ubiquitous distribution and causes intractable diarrhoea in AIDS patients and immunocompromised persons. Cyclospora cayetanensis was first reported from Nepal, where it caused outbreaks of prolonged diarrhoea. It is most common in tropical and subtropical areas. Sarcocystis species that can infect humans are S. hominis (transmitted through cattle), S. suihominis (transmitted through pig) and S. lindemanni (unknown mode of transmission).
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Mahmud, R., Lim, Y.A.L., Amir, A. (2017). Coccidia. In: Medical Parasitology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68795-7_7
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