Species Trichomonas hominis (Davaine, 1860)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cercomonas hominis Davaine, C. 1860. Traité des Entozoaires et des Maladies Vermineuses de l'Homme et des Animaux Domestiques. Paris : J.-B. Baillière et Fils 838 pp.

Generic Combinations

• Trichomonas hominis (Davaine, 1860). —
  Wenrich, D.H. 1931. Morphological studies on the trichomonad flagellates of man. Archivos de la Sociedad de Biologia de Montevideo Supplementum, Actas Cong. Int. Biol. Montevideo Fasc. 5: 1185-1204

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Commensal, parasitic (host(s): Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 [HOMINIDAE] Human (faeces, gut)), symbiotic (host(s): 'Turtur suratensis' [COLUMBIDAE] 'Indian dove' (pharynx, larynx); Accipiter fasciatus (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) [ACCIPITRIDAE] Brown Goshawk (oesophagus, pharynx); Melopsittacus undulatus (Shaw, 1805) [PSITTACIDAE] Budgerigar (pharynx); Serinus canaria Linnaeus, 1758 [FRINGILLIDAE] Canary (oesophagus, crop); Tiliqua multifasciata Sternfeld, 1919 [SCINCIDAE] Centralian Blue-tongued Skink, Blue-tongued Lizard; Phaps chalcoptera (Latham, 1790) [COLUMBIDAE] Common Bronzewing (oesophagus, pharynx); Ocyphaps lophotes (Temminck & Laugier, 1822) [COLUMBIDAE] Crested Pigeon (syn. Geophaps lophotes; gut); Gallus gallus Linnaeus, 1758 [PHASIANIDAE] Domestic Chicken (caeca, crop, oesophagus); Columba livia Gmelin, 1789 [COLUMBIDAE] Domestic Pigeon, Feral Pigeon (pharynx, oesophagus); Dromaius novaehollandiae (Latham, 1790) [CASUARIIDAE] Emu (gut); Egernia stokesii (Gray, 1845) [SCINCIDAE] Gidgee Skink; Erythrura gouldiae (Gould, 1844) [PLOCEIDAE] Gouldian Finch (syn. Chloebia gouldiae); Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758 [EQUIDAE] Horse (faeces); Varanus varius (White, 1790) [VARANIDAE] Lace Monitor; Rattus villosissimus (Waite, 1898) [MURIDAE] Long-haired Rat (gut); Bufo marinus (Linnaeus, 1758) [BUFONIDAE] Marine Toad, Cane Toad (intestines); Glossopsitta concinna (Shaw, 1791) [PSITTACIDAE] Musk Lorikeet (oesophagus, pharynx); Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 [BOVIDAE] Ox (preputial cavity (culture)); Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 [SUIDAE] Pig (gut); Cacatua leadbeateri (Vigors, 1831) [CACATUIDAE] Pink Cockatoo, Major Mitchell Cockatoo, Leadbeater’s Cockatoo (crop); Trachydosaurus rugosus Gray, 1825 [SCINCIDAE] Shingleback Lizard, Stumpy-tailed Lizard, Sleepy Lizard (syn. Tiliqua rugosa; rectum); Ninox novaeseelandiae (Gmelin, 1788) [STRIGIDAE] Southern Boobook (oesophagus, pharynx); Isoodon obesulus (Shaw, 1797) [PERAMELIDAE] Southern Brown Bandicoot (syn. Thylacis obesulus; intestines); Limnodynastes tasmaniensis Günther, 1858 [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Spotted Grass Frog (intestines); Varanus storri Mertens, 1966 [VARANIDAE] Storr’s Monitor; Oxyuranus scutellatus (Peters, 1867) [ELAPIDAE] Taipan (faeces); Podargus strigoides (Latham, 1801) [PODARGIDAE] Tawny Frogmouth, Mopoke (intestines); Bothrochilus fuscus (Peters, 1873) [BOIDAE] Water Python (syn. Liasis fuscus)).

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)

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)

Meloni, B.P., Thompson, R.C.A., Hopkins, R.M., Reynoldson, J.A. & Gracey, M. 1993. The prevalence of Giardia and other intestinal parasites in children, dogs and cats from Aboriginal communities in the Kimberely. Medical Journal of Australia 158: 157-159 (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)

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