Myxobolus plectroplites 1 02.jpg

Taxonomy: Myxosporea
Animal: Myxobolus plectroplites 1 02.jpg
Sites: Gut
Comment:
Myxobolus plectroplites - TEM of cross section though a mature Myxobolus plectroplites spore recovered from a human faecal sample. Note 2 pale valvogenic calls enclosing dark sporoplasm that contains 2 capsulogenic cells. Bar = 1 micron. Myxozoan spores were detected in faecal samples from 3 patients presenting with abdominal symptoms in SE Qld, Australia. All had eaten locally caught Yellow Belly fish (Plectroplites ambiguus) which were found to contain cysts of this parasite. The presence of spores were an incidental finding as in 2 of the patients, other enteric pathogens were present. (Boreham et al J Clin Microbiol. 1998. 36: 3728-3730 - see Bibliography)

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