ORGANISM 4 -- Entamoeba polecki
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
COMMON NAME: None.
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua, New Guinea.
PATHOGENESIS: Occasional parasite of man.
HABITAT: Intestines.
INTERMEDIATE HOST: None.
RESERVOIR HOST: Pigs and monkeys.
INFECTED FORM: Mature, uninucleated cyst.
MODE OF INFECTION: Ingestion.
LABORATORY IDENTIFICATION:
SPECIMEN SOURCE: Feces.
Figure 1-10. Life cycle of Entamoeba polecki.
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