ORGANISM 5 -- Retortamonas intestinalis (Embadamonas)
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
COMMON NAME: None.
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Cosmopolitan.
PATHOGENESIS: Nonpathogenic.
HABITAT: Colon.
INTERMEDIATE HOST: None.
RESERVOIR HOST: Rats, guinea, pigs, simians.
INFECTED FORM: Cyst.
MODE OF INFECTION: Ingestion.
LABORATORY IDENTIFICATION:
SPECIMEN SOURCE: Feces.
Figure 1-30. Life cycle of Retortamonas intestinalis.
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