Parasite Type Archive
Protozoa
Archive view of this taxonomic class with grouped diagnostics, transmission patterns, treatment guidance, and linked parasite records.
Records
15
Class Snapshot
15 species
Archive Results
15 records assigned to this type term, sorted alphabetically by scientific name.
B
Balantidium coli
Intestinal ciliate
- Lives in
- Large intestine (cecum)
- Intermediate
- None known
- Gold standard
- Stool microscopy (O&P)
B
Blastocystis hominis
Blasto
- Lives in
- Large intestine (cecum)
- Intermediate
- None known
- Gold standard
- Stool microscopy (O&P)
C
Chilomastix mesnili
No common name
- Lives in
- Large intestine (cecum)
- Intermediate
- None known
- Gold standard
- Stool microscopy (O&P)
C
Cryptosporidium parvum
Crypto
- Lives in
- Small intestine
- Intermediate
- None known
- Gold standard
- Stool microscopy (O&P)
C
Cyclospora cayetanensis
Cyclospora
- Lives in
- Small intestine
- Intermediate
- None known
- Gold standard
- Stool microscopy (O&P)
D
Dientamoeba fragilis
Fragile intestinal flagellate
- Lives in
- Large intestine (cecum)
- Intermediate
- None known
- Gold standard
- Stool microscopy (O&P)
E
E. dispar
- Lives in
- Large intestine (cecum)
- Intermediate
- None known
- Gold standard
- Stool microscopy (O&P)
E
E. histolytica
Dysentery amoeba
- Lives in
- Brain, Heart, Large intestine (cecum), Liver, Lungs
- Intermediate
- None known
- Gold standard
- Stool microscopy (O&P)
E
Endolimax nana
No common name
- Lives in
- Large intestine (cecum)
- Intermediate
- None known
- Gold standard
- Stool microscopy (O&P)
E
Entamoeba coli
No common name
- Lives in
- Large intestine (cecum)
- Intermediate
- None known
- Gold standard
- Stool microscopy (O&P)
E
Entamoeba hartmanni
No common name
- Lives in
- Large intestine (cecum)
- Intermediate
- None known
- Gold standard
- Stool microscopy (O&P)
G
Giardia lamblia
Beaver Fever parasite
- Lives in
- Small intestine
- Intermediate
- None known
- Gold standard
- Stool microscopy (O&P)
I
Iodamoeba butschlii
No common name
- Lives in
- Large intestine (cecum)
- Intermediate
- None known
- Gold standard
- Stool microscopy (O&P)
I
Isospora belli
Cystoisospora belli
- Lives in
- Small intestine
- Intermediate
- None known
- Gold standard
- Stool microscopy (O&P)
T
Trichomonas hominis
Pentatrichomonas hominis
- Lives in
- Large intestine (cecum)
- Intermediate
- None known
- Gold standard
- Stool microscopy (O&P)