Re: Salt water flush for D. Fragilis

As with most of this stuff, it doesn't come by itself, it also is found with other parasites/pathogens, in this case- roundworms or pinworms.

>>The life cycle and mode of transmission for D. fragilis are not known, although transmission via helminth eggs such as those of Ascaris and Enterobius spp. has been postulated

http://www.med-chem.com/Para/prob%20of%20month/Prob%20of%20Month%2011%20Novem...

>>It has also been recently speculated that pinworms themselves may serve as an intermediate host to Dientamoeba fragilis, a relatively mysterious protozoa that is still struggling to gain recognition as a human pathogen in certain countries. However, an increasing number of studies are incriminating it as a legitimate enteric pathogen, and it has been associated with clinical syndromes such as abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, and fatigue. However, much about this pathogen, including its transmission, is still being investigated. Most intestinal protozoa are transmitted fecal-orally via a cyst form, but D. fragilis is generally accepted as not having a cyst form. Therefore, researchers have turned to its proposed nearest relative, Histomonas meleagridis, for comparison. H. meleagridis possesses several characteristics comparable to those of D. fragilis, and it is interesting to note that it is transmitted via the eggs of the nematode Heterakis gallinae. Burrows and Swerldlow proposed in 1956 that D. fragilis is transmitted via pinworm eggs based on the analysis of 22 appendices in which D. fragilis was isolated: There was a 20-fold greater incidence of pinworm infection than calculated, and small ameboid bodies bearing great resemblance to the nuclei of D. fragilis were observed in the pinworm eggs. However, it is still worth bearing in mind that D. fragilis has been associated with other intestinal parasites (such as Ascaris lumbricoides), and that the lack of a cyst stage yet to be conclusively proven, as D. fragilis has been found to have a high rate of coinfection with organisms which are transmitted fecal-orally.

http://www.stanford.edu/class/humbio103/ParaSites2006/Enterobius/general%20in...