Species Endolimax nana (Wenyon & O'Connor, 1917)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Entamoeba nana Wenyon, C.M. & O'Connor, F.W. 1917. Human Intestinal Parasites in the Near East. London : John Bale, Sons & Danielsson, Ltd.

Generic Combinations

• Endolimax nana (Wenyon & O'Connor, 1917).

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Endosymbiotic (host(s): Homo Sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 [HOMINIDAE] Human (from colon & faeces)).

Extra Ecological Information

Commensal/parasitic?

Associated Fauna References

Bearup, A.J., Lawrence, J.J. & Heydon, G.A.M. 1949. The incidence of parasitic infections in New South Wales. Medical Journal of Australia 2: 7-10 (Homo Sapiens)

Goldsmid, J.M. 1981. Intestinal parasitic infections of man in Tasmania. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 75: 110-111 (Homo Sapiens)

Mackerras, M.J. 1958. Catalogue of Australian mammals and their recorded internal parasites. Part I. Monotremes and marsupials. Part II. Eutheria. Part III. Introduced herbivora and the domestic pig. Part IV. Man. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 83: 101-160 (Homo Sapiens)

Stark, D., Fotedar, R., Van Hal, S., Beebe, N., Marriott, D., Ellis, J.T. & Harkness, J. 2007. Prevalence of enteric protozoa in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive and HIV-negative men who have sex with men from Sydney, Australia. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 76: 549-552 (Homo Sapiens)

Walker, J.C., Bahr, G. & Ehl, A.S. 1985. Gastrointestinal parasites in Sydney. Medical Journal of Australia 143: 480 (Homo Sapiens)

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