Sarcocystis was identified in biopsy specimens of skeletal muscle from two adults in
Singapore and one in Bombay, and in muscle obtained at autopsy from an adult in Uganda …

ABSTRACT Species of Sarcocystis are Apicomplexan parasites requiring intermediate and
definitive hosts to complete their life cycle. Humans are one of many natural host species …

Publisher Summary This chapter reviews the currently used classifications of tissue cyst-
forming coccidia and discusses the recent phylogenetic studies based on molecular data …

The concept that hypnozoites give rise to relapses in Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium
ovale malaria has become dogma. However, it is evident from particular contemporary …

Publisher Summary There are four tissue cyst-forming protozoan organisms known to
parasitize vertebrate hosts:(1) Toxoplasma, a ubiquitous parasite with a predilection for the …

A list is given of the present 93 species of the apicomplexan protozoan genus Sarcocystis
together with their definitive and intermediate hosts (if known), synonyms, homonyms, lapsi …

Disseminated eosinophilic myositis was diagnosed in an alpaca that had been imported to
the USA from Peru 5 years earlier. The myositis was associated with macroscopically visible …

Food poisoning has been reported after the consumption of raw horsemeat in Japan.
Diarrhea with a short incubation period is a common symptom in such cases of food …

Along with the increase in consumption of raw animal meat, the prevalence of food
poisoning is increasing. A 67-year-old Japanese man had eaten raw venison 4 hours prior …