Which Is the Only Ciliated Protozoan That Causes a Human

question 10

Multiple Choice

Which is the only ciliated protozoan that causes a human disease similar to amoebic dysentery

• A)Diphyllobothrium latum
• B)Hymenolepis nana
• C)Balantidium coli
• D)Taenia solium

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