| cyclospora: an enigma worth unraveling. | in part, cyclospora cayetanensis owes its recognition as an emerging pathogen to the increased use of staining methods for detecting enteric parasites such as cryptosporidium. first reported in patients in new guinea in 1977 but thought to be a coccidian parasite of the genus isospora, c. cayetanensis received little attention until it was again described in 1985 in new york and peru. in the early 1990s, human infection associated with waterborne transmission of c. cayetanensis was suspected; fo ... | 1999 | 10081671 |
| surveillance for laboratory-confirmed sporadic cases of cyclosporiasis--united states, 1997-2008. | cyclosporiasis is an enteric disease caused by the parasite cyclospora cayetanensis. cyclosporiasis is reported most commonly in tropical and subtropical regions. in the united states, outbreaks of cyclosporiasis associated with various types of imported fresh produce have been documented and described since the mid-1990s. no molecular tools are available for linking c. cayetanensis cases. national data regarding laboratory-confirmed sporadic cases (i.e., cases not linked to documented outbreaks ... | 2011 | 21471951 |