Attempted transmission of Entamoeba coli to specified-pathogen-free rodents.
An attempt was made to establish whether human Entamoeba coli was transmissible from man to laboratory rodents. Cysts from 15 samples of human and 4 of primate stool were passaged into specified-pathogen free guinea-pigs, rats and mice. In only 1 instance were cysts established in mice and, eventually, in rats.
D000562:Amebiasis / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D004747:Entamoeba / Q000472:pathogenicity; D004749:Entamoebiasis / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D005856:Germ-Free Life; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D051381:Rats; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000635:transmission*; D013045:Species Specificity; D013047:Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms