Eimeria

(ī-mē′rē-ă)

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A genus of sporozoan parasites belonging to the class Conoidasida, order Eucoccidiorida. They are intracellular parasites living in the epithelial cells of vertebrates and invertebrates. They rarely are parasitic to humans.

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