Retortamonas intestinalis explained

Retortamonas intestinalis is a species of retortamonads which is found in the gastrointestinal tract.^[1]

Ecology

Habitat

Retortamonas intestinalis resides in unhygienic areas and are fond of extremely warm climates, inferring that they do not survive in the cold.^[2]

Infection

How It Spreads

Retortamonas intestinalis usually spreads through human hosts (as nonhuman hosts containing this organism have not been reported) in the form of cysts via the stool of the individual. However, the probability of infection through this is very low, as the common factors pertaining to infection is the exposure of unsanitary contamination and overcrowding of the populus.

Notes and References

1. Lisa Jones-Engel . Gregory A. Engel . Michael A. Schillact . Jeffery Froehlich . Umar Paputungan . Randall C. Kyes . amp . Prevalence of enteric parasites in pet macaques in Sulawesi, Indonesia . . 62 . 2 . 71–82 . 2004 . 14983465 . 10.1002/ajp.20008 . 2426270 .
2. Kawamura. Osamu. Kon. Youichi. Naganuma. Atsushi. Iwami. Taku. Maruyama. Hideki. Yamada. Takuro. Sonobe. Kouichi. Horikoshi. Tsutomu. Kusano. Motoyasu. Mori. Masatomo. Retortamonas intestinalis in the pancreatic juice of a patient with small nodular lesions of the main pancreatic duct. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. April 2001. 53. 4. 508–510. 10.1067/mge.2001.112746. 11275898.