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==Overview==
==Overview==
 
The coccidian parasite, Isospora belli, infects the epithelial cells of the small intestine, and is the least common of the three intestinal coccidia that infect humans.
==History and Symptoms==
Infection causes acute, non bloody [[diarrhea]] with crampy abdominal pain, which can last for weeks and result in malabsorption and weight loss.  In immunodepressed patients, and in infants and children, the [[diarrhea]] can be severe.  Eosinophilia may be present (differently from other protozoan infections).


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