excyst

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Once swallowed by anything from a moose hunter to a muskrat, the cyst makes its way passively to the stomach, where strong acids allow it to "excyst," that is, hatch.

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The parasite is transmitted by environmentally hardy cysts (oocysts) that, once ingested, excyst in the small intestine and result in an infection of intestinal epithelial tissue.

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