Balantidium coli


Life cycle of B.coli, the largest ciliated protozoon found in humans.
Pigs, large primates and humans are the reservoir of the parasite.
Fecal-oral is the commonest mode of transmission
(the other routes are person-to-person and through water).
B. coli can cause severe colitis with ulcerations.

Adapted from a page on B. coli

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