This tiny adult worm can cause serious life-threatening disease. Identification? Where would you expect to find the adult and larval forms? CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE.
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Greetings from The Gambia!!
That looks like Echinococcus granulomas/multilucarus (spelling dubious!). If I'm not mistaken the adults are largely asymptomatic but if you eat larve then they form hydatic cysts in the brain/lungs which is extremely life threatening....
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2 comments:
Greetings from The Gambia!!
That looks like Echinococcus granulomas/multilucarus (spelling dubious!). If I'm not mistaken the adults are largely asymptomatic but if you eat larve then they form hydatic cysts in the brain/lungs which is extremely life threatening....
I recognized this one immediately. http://i-shadow-me.deviantart.com/art/Beautiful-but-Deadly-Precursor-184497858 a picture of the eggs is beautiful.
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