TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 343. Balantidiasis
A1  - Ortega-Barria, Eduardo
A1  - Dominguez, Elidia
A2  - Rudolph, Colin D.
A2  - Rudolph, Abraham M.
A2  - Lister, George E.
A2  - First, Lewis R.
A2  - Gershon, Anne A.
Y1  - 2011
N1  - 
T2  - Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e
AB  - Balantidium  coli  is  the  largest  protozoan  parasite  and  the  only  ciliate  known  to  cause  infection  in  humans.  B.  coli  is  a  zoonosis  and  has  been  found  in  pigs,  rodents,  cattle,  reptiles,  birds,  fishes,  annelids,  arthropods,  and  many  simian  hosts.  Pigs  are  typically  the  source  of  human  infections,  although  species-to-species  transmission  requires  adaptation  of  the  parasite.  The  host’s  health  can  be  a  factor,  since  individuals  who  are  malnourished  or  suffering  from  concurrent  infections  are  at  greater  risk  of  developing  balantidiasis.  Once  a  porcine  strain  becomes  established  in  the  human  intestine,  the  infection  may  spread  from  human-to-human,  and  this  may  account  for  the  occasional  reported  epidemics.  
SN  - 
PB  - The McGraw-Hill Companies
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/23
UR  - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7031520
ER  -