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Sarcocystis lindemanni

On rare occasions, humans may serve as intermediate hosts. Sarcocysts may be found in cardiac & striated muscle. Domestic dogs & possibly other species serve as definitive hosts from which infectious oocysts or sporocysts are transmitted through water or direct exposure.

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definitive (final) host intermediate (secondary) host oocyst sporocyst

General

Sarcocystis

Properties

KINGDOM: animal PHYLUM: protozoa

References

  1. Clinical Diagnosis & Management by Laboratory Methods, 19th edition, J.B. Henry (ed), W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, PA. 1996, pg 1280
  2. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995