Intestinal and Genital Flagellates

Mahmud, Rohela; Lim, Yvonne Ai Lian; Amir, Amirah

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Intestinal and Genital Flagellates

Rohela Mahmud⁴,
Yvonne Ai Lian Lim⁴ &
Amirah Amir⁴

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Intestinal flagellate has a global distribution. It is endemic in the tropics and subtropics where sanitation is poor. Visitors to such areas develop traveller’s diarrhoea. Genital flagellate is widely distributed and lives mainly in the vagina and cervix of females.

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Fac. of Medicine, Dept. of Parasitology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Rohela Mahmud, Yvonne Ai Lian Lim & Amirah Amir

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Mahmud, R., Lim, Y.A.L., Amir, A. (2017). Intestinal and Genital Flagellates. In: Medical Parasitology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68795-7_4

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68795-7_4
Published: 01 February 2018
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