ORGANISM 7 -- Iodamoeba butschlii
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
COMMON NAME: None.
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Cosmopolitan.
PATHOGENESIS: Nonpathogenic; considered to be a possible pathogen in severe
physical stress (malnutrition).
HABITAT: Large intestines.
INTERMEDIATE HOST: None.
RESERVOIR HOST: Pigs.
INFECTED FORM: Mature, uninucleated cyst.
MODE OF INFECTION: Ingestion.
LABORATORY IDENTIFICATION:
SPECIMEN SOURCE: Feces.
Figure 1-17. Life cycle of Iodamoeba butschlii.
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