balantidiasis

Question 1

infective from

Answer 1

cysts - humans ingest contaminated food/water with the cysts

Question 2

invasive form

Answer 2

trophozoite

Question 3

natural host

Answer 3

pig

Question 4

types of hosts

Answer 4

natural host- pig
accidental host- man
reservoir- moneys +rats

Question 5

who usually gets the disease

Answer 5

usually its a commensal and in healthy people asymptomatic but clinical disease occurs when the host defence are lowered i.e alcoholism or malnutrition

Question 6

how does the disease begin

Answer 6

the trophpzoite embeds itself into the intestinal mucosa and initiates an inflammatory reaction

Question 7

tx

Answer 7

tetracycline !/doxyclyline

metrandozile can be useful in some case s

Question 8

unique

Answer 8

The only ciliate protozoan and the largest protozoan parasite of humans

Question 9

lives

Answer 9

large intestine just like e. histolytica ( we compare them )

Question 10

epidmeligoy

Answer 10

New Guinea

Question 11

forms

Answer 11

trophozoite + cyst

Question 12

type of diseases

Answer 12

zooinose

Question 13

complications

Answer 13

2 infection of ulcers by bacteria

rupture - peritonitis

Question 14

diagnosi s

Answer 14

motile trophozoites in diarrhoea and cysts in formed stools

culure same media like e.histolytica (NIH)

Question 15

prophylaxis

Answer 15

avoid contamination of food and water

and always treat infected pigs and people !