The organism that would come to be known as Cyclospora cayetanensis was independently discovered and reported at least five times from 1979 to 1993.
The first acknowledged recognition of the organism was in 1979, when Ashford reported
three cases of diarrhea associated with a previously unrecognized organism, which
he postulated to be a coccidian. The article included photographs that later confirmed
the identity of C cayentanensis in retrospect [
[1]
]. The report received little attention, and only came to light in retrospect when
C cayetanensis was rediscovered a decade later. The next known report of the organism was in an
abstract published in 1986 by Rosemary Soave [
[2]
], who described what she thought was a new, pathogenic coccidian.To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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