In the mouth, cecum, and colon of humans, a spectrum of apathogenic flagellates has been described, which appear as well as free-flagellated stages but also as cysts, which can be diagnosed, when methods like flotation or SAFC and MIFC were used, respectively. Their number is generally low; it may become enlarged in case of immunosuppressed persons (Figs. 1 and 2):
Diagrammatic representation of Trichomonas tenax
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Mehlhorn, H. (2015). Trichomonadid Flagellates in Human Mouth and Intestine. In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27769-6_4473-1
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