ORGANISM 2 -- Chilomastix mesnili
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
COMMON NAME: None.
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Cosmopolitan.
PATHOGENESIS: Nonpathogenic.
HABITAT: Colon.
INTERMEDIATE HOST: None.
RESERVOIR HOST: None.
INFECTED FORM: Mature.
MODE OF INFECTION: Ingestion.
LABORATORY IDENTIFICATION:
SPECIMEN SOURCE: Feces.
Figure 1-23. Life cycle of Chilomastic mesnili.
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