Balantidium coli, the sole ciliated protozoan known to infect humans, is predominantly a parasite of swine but also affects a range of domestic and wild animals including camels, cattle and non-human ...

Balantidiasis is a rare bacterial intestinal infection in humans caused by an intestinal parasite called Balantidium coli. The bacterial infection has the potential of being a zoonotic disease in ...

Balantidiasis, also known as balantidiosis or ciliary dysentery is a rare complication of the intestine. A ciliated protozoan Balantidium coli infects the intestine and causes complications leading to ...

Published Name Balantidium coli (Malmsten, 1857) See more items in Invertebrate Zoology Ciliophora US National Parasite Collection Parasite Collection Data Source NMNH - Invertebrate Zoology Dept.