Ciliates Flashcards
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Balantidium coli
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Causes balantidiosis or balantidial dysentery
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Balantidium Coli (FH)
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Common in pigs, non-human primates; less common in humans
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Balantidium Coli (morphology)
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Trophozoite uniformly ciliated; cyst surrounded by wall
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Balantidium Coli (transmission)
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fecal-oral route, usually cyst form
from pigs to humans
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Balantidium Coli (pathology)
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Lives and multiplies in large intestine, where can cause symptoms similar to amoebic dysentery in man; usually only slight disease in swine, though severe cases have been reported.
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Balantidium Coli (transmission)
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Transmission may occur from pigs to humans.
fecal oral route
7
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Ichthyophthirius multifiliis
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Ichthyophthirius multifiliis
