ORGANISM 3 -- Entamoeba coli
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
COMMON NAME: None.
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Cosmopolitan.
PATHOGENESIS: Nonpathogenic, often confused with E. histolytica.
HABITAT: Large intestine (colon).
INTERMEDIATE HOST: None.
RESERVOIR HOST: Primates.
INFECTED FORM: Mature cyst with eight nuclei.
MODE OF INFECTION: Ingestion.
LABORATORY IDENTIFICATION:
SPECIMEN SOURCE: Feces.
Figure 1-7. Life cycle of Entamoeba coli.
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