INTESTINAL, ORAL AND
GENITAL FLAGELLATES
, INTRODUCTION
• Parasitic protozoa, which possess whip-like flagella as their
organs of locomotion are called as flagellates.
• Classified as:
• Phylum: Sarcomasrigophora
• Subphylum: Mastigophora
• Class: Zoomastigophora (mastix: whip)
,Depending on their habitat ,they can be considered
under:
1. Lumen-dwelling flagellates: Flagellates found in the
alimentary tract and urogenital tract.
• 2. Hemo-flagellates: Flagellates found in blood and
tissues.
, Most luminal flagellates are nonpathogenic commensals.
Two of them cause clinical diseases:
(1) Giardia lamblia- which can cause diarrhea,
(2) Trichomonas vaginalis – which can produce vaginitis
and
• urethritis.
GENITAL FLAGELLATES
, INTRODUCTION
• Parasitic protozoa, which possess whip-like flagella as their
organs of locomotion are called as flagellates.
• Classified as:
• Phylum: Sarcomasrigophora
• Subphylum: Mastigophora
• Class: Zoomastigophora (mastix: whip)
,Depending on their habitat ,they can be considered
under:
1. Lumen-dwelling flagellates: Flagellates found in the
alimentary tract and urogenital tract.
• 2. Hemo-flagellates: Flagellates found in blood and
tissues.
, Most luminal flagellates are nonpathogenic commensals.
Two of them cause clinical diseases:
(1) Giardia lamblia- which can cause diarrhea,
(2) Trichomonas vaginalis – which can produce vaginitis
and
• urethritis.
