Giadiasis Cryptosporidiosis balantidiasis trichomonas

Organism Giardia intestinalis c.hominis Balantidium coli t. vaginalis

Troph 1. Rounded 1. ovoid 1. Occurs only
anteriorly 2. covered with short as
2. Pointed cilia trophozoite
posteriorly 3. ant end narrow 2. Ovoid
3. Bilaterally and has cytostome 3. Axostyle
symmetrival 4. post end has throughout
4. No cytoplas cytophage body and
organelle 5.lots food vacuole project
5. Sucking disk 6. 2 nuclei. Macro- posteriorly
on ventral kidney shape, mciro 4. Single
surface round round
6. 4 flagella in 7.rotatory type nuclei
theback movement anteriorly
7. 2 symmetric 5. 4 ant
nuceli and 2 flagella
axostyle 6. Jerky type
8. Motile , leaf movement
like slow with
oscillation flagella
on its long 7. Rotary
axis movement
with
undulating
membrane
Cysts 1. Round 1. Smaller than
2. Immature = trophozoite
2 nuclei 2. Ovoid
3. Mature- 4 3. Thick wall
nuceli 4. Cilia in young
4. Axostyle cyst
cross the 5. Macronucleus
 entire 6. 40-60um
length
5. Cyst wall
separate
from
cytoplasm
6. In moist
condtion
viable for
months
outside
Oocyts 1.only stage live
exvivo
2. stays in
environment for
a long time
3. double walled
4> hard and
resistant to
chlorine , temp
60 and freexing
5. infectious
dose is less than
1 0organism