Cyclospora and Cyclosporiasis

Cyclospora cayetanensis is a microscopic parasite that can be transmitted via food or water sources and causes intestinal disease (Cyclosporiasis) in humans. Cyclospora and Cyclosporiasis: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Detection, and Control reviews 22 species of Cyclospora and discusses C. cayetanensis infection in humans.

This book offers comprehensive coverage that includes taxonomy and biology, molecular characteristics, and transmission of the parasite. It also provides researchers, clinicians, public health officials, and food safety officials with basic data for the epidemiology of the Cyclospora spp. or C. cayetanensis, as well as strategies to monitor large-scale outbreaks of Cyclospora spp. or C. cayetanensis. The book further covers clinical symptoms, diagnostic methods, and means of treatment and prevention of this disease and informs readers of the hazards of the parasite, common means of transmission, and self-protection measures.

• Provides the taxonomy of 22 species of Cyclospora (including two newly identified Cyclospora species)
• Covers the scenarios and characteristics of recent epidemics in the world, susceptible populations, and the risk factors in the transmission of the C. cayetanensis
• Summarizes recent developments in detection methods of Cyclospora spp. or C. cayetanensis in humans, animals, and the environment

Long-Xian Zhang is a Henan Province Distinguished Professor at Henan Agricultural University. Since 1996, he has been engaged in the study of the epidemiology and molecular characteristics of zoonotic Cryptosporidium and Giardia. He is a member of the American microbiology Society, the International Protozoan Society; China Protozoological Society and of the Chinese Society of Preventive Medicine, medical parasitology branch.