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Monday, 8 September 2014

Transmission.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balantidium_coli


Balantidium is the only ciliated protozoan known to infect humans. Balantidiasis is a zoonotic disease and is acquired by humans via the feco-oral route from the normal host, the pig, where it is asymptomatic. Contaminated water is the most common mechanism of transmission.

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