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Do flagellates form cysts

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Some flagellates form cysts while some do not. For example, the trichomonads that include trichomonas vaginalis and trichomonas hominis do not form cysts. Gardia lamblia, another flagellate, causes diarrhea in giardiasis and does not form cysts.

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