Chapter-09 Balantidium coli
BOOK TITLE: Paniker’s Textbook of Medical Parasitology
Author
1. Ghosh Sougata
2. Paniker (Late) CK Jayaram
ISBN
9789352701865
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/18076_10
Edition
8/e
Publishing Year
2018
Pages
4
Author Affiliations
1.
Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India,
Kolkata, West Bengal, India,
Government Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
2.
Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala; University of Calicut, Kerala, India; Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India
Chapter keywords
Balantidium coli,
habitat,
morphology,
trophozoite,
cyst,
life cycle,
natural host,
accidental host,
reservoir,
infective form,
stool examination,
prophylaxis