The intestinal coccidioses caused by Cryptosporidium parvum, Isospora belli, and Cyclospora cayetanensis are parasitoses of major medical importance, but many epidemiological aspects of these infections are still unknown in Bolívar State, Venezuela. To determine the prevalence of intestinal parasites and especially of intestinal coccidiosis, an indigenous population in San Antonio de Morichal w...

cystoisospora belli, formerly isospora belli , as an opportunistic infection agent, is seen in immunocompromised patients like htlv-1. we describe here cystoiso­sporiasis in an htlv1 iranian female in mashhad, northwestern iran in 2012 who presented with a debilitating diarrheal illness and great weight loss. c. belli was de­tected in her stool by modified acid-fast staining and then by molecul...