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==Overview==
==Overview==


==History and Symptoms==
==Causes==
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).
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.


==References==
==References==

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