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Cyclospora cayetanensis: This Emerging Protozoan Pathogen in Mexico

José T. Sánchez-VegaParasitology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico; Faculty of Chemical Sciences, Universidad Autonoma Benito Juarez de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico; LOEWE Research Group Lung Cancer Epigenetics, Max-Planck-Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany; Unidad Medica Familiar, Delegacion Sur, Unidad 21 Valle de Mexico, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico; Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Tatarstan, Russia; Biochemistry Institute, Medical School, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany

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Héctor A. Cabrera-FuentesParasitology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico; Faculty of Chemical Sciences, Universidad Autonoma Benito Juarez de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico; LOEWE Research Group Lung Cancer Epigenetics, Max-Planck-Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany; Unidad Medica Familiar, Delegacion Sur, Unidad 21 Valle de Mexico, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico; Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Tatarstan, Russia; Biochemistry Institute, Medical School, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany

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Addi J. Romero-OlmedoParasitology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico; Faculty of Chemical Sciences, Universidad Autonoma Benito Juarez de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico; LOEWE Research Group Lung Cancer Epigenetics, Max-Planck-Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany; Unidad Medica Familiar, Delegacion Sur, Unidad 21 Valle de Mexico, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico; Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Tatarstan, Russia; Biochemistry Institute, Medical School, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany

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José L. Ortiz-FríasParasitology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico; Faculty of Chemical Sciences, Universidad Autonoma Benito Juarez de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico; LOEWE Research Group Lung Cancer Epigenetics, Max-Planck-Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany; Unidad Medica Familiar, Delegacion Sur, Unidad 21 Valle de Mexico, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico; Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Tatarstan, Russia; Biochemistry Institute, Medical School, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany

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Flura SokolinaParasitology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico; Faculty of Chemical Sciences, Universidad Autonoma Benito Juarez de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico; LOEWE Research Group Lung Cancer Epigenetics, Max-Planck-Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany; Unidad Medica Familiar, Delegacion Sur, Unidad 21 Valle de Mexico, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico; Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Tatarstan, Russia; Biochemistry Institute, Medical School, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany

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Guillermo BarretoParasitology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico; Faculty of Chemical Sciences, Universidad Autonoma Benito Juarez de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico; LOEWE Research Group Lung Cancer Epigenetics, Max-Planck-Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany; Unidad Medica Familiar, Delegacion Sur, Unidad 21 Valle de Mexico, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico; Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Tatarstan, Russia; Biochemistry Institute, Medical School, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany

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https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.12-0782
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Volume 90: Issue 2
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A Mexican airline pilot had clinical manifestations of illness after a five-day stay in Lima, Peru. Six months later in Mexico, he was given a diagnosis of infection with Cyclospora cayetanensis by using coproparasitoscopic serial tests. He was treated twice with nitazoxadine successfully.

Author Notes

* Addrress correspondence to Héctor A. Cabrera-Fuentes or Guillermo Barreto, LOEWE Research Group Lung Cancer Epigenetic, Max-Planck-Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Parkstraβe 1, D-61231, Bad Nauheim, Germany. E-mails: guillermo.barreto@mpi-bn.mpg.de or hector.a.cabrera-fuentes@biochemie.med.uni-giessen.de
† These authors contributed equally

Financial support: This study was supported by the LOEWE-Initiative der Landesförderung (III L 4 – 518/15.004 2009 to Guillermo Barreto) and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, BA 4036/1-1 to Guillermo Barreto) H. A. Cabrera-Fuentes is member of the International Research Training Group 1566 (PROMISE) and is supported by the DFG. This work was supported in part by the Dean?s Office of the Faculty of Chemical Sciences and the Director of Strategic Planning and Evaluation at the Universidad Autonoma Benito Juarez de Oaxaca. This work was done according to the Program of competitive growth of Kazan Federal University supported by the Russian Government.

Disclosure: None of the authors has any conflicts of interest.

Authors' addresses: José T. Sánchez-Vega, Parasitology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, E-mail: pptrini@hotmail.com. Héctor A. Cabrera-Fuentes, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Tatarstan, Russia, and Biochemistry Institute, Medical School, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany, E-mail: hector.a.cabrera-fuentes@biochemie.med.uni-giessen.de. Addi J. Romero-Olmedo, Faculty of Chemical Sciences, Universidad Autonoma Benito Juarez de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico, and Lung Cancer Epigenetic, Max-Planck-Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany, E-mail: addi.romero@mpi-bn.mpg.de. José L. Ortiz-Frías, Unidad Medica Familiar, Delegacion Sur, Unidad 21 Valle de Mexico, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico, E-mail: joseortizfrias@yahoo.com.mx. Sokolina Flura, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Tatarstan, Russia, E-mail: flura.sokolina@kpfu.ru. Guillermo Barreto, LOEWE Research Group Lung Cancer Epigenetic, Max-Planck-Institute for Heart, and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany, E-mail: guillermo.barreto@mpi-bn.mpg.de.

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© The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2014
Received:
28 Dec 2012
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Accepted:
23 Nov 2013
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Published Online:
05 Feb 2014
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