Sunday, March 31, 2013

Case of the Week 252

Here is a bit of an unusual case:  this was noted in a tube of "sterile saline" in another area of the lab and sent to parasitology for identification.   



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8 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 31, 2013 at 8:11 PM

    It looks like a mosquito to me...the Aedes specie have the white stripes on their legs.

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  2. AnonymousMarch 31, 2013 at 8:13 PM

    Well, quite unusual for "sterile saline" to harbor presumably Aedes sp. mosquito.

    Florida Fan

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  3. AnonymousApril 1, 2013 at 7:50 AM

    The abdomen part looks more like a Culex sp. to me, but the stripe on the legs point to a possible Aedes sp.

    And as Florida Fan said it is quite unusual to be found in sterile saline in a lab. A very interesting case!

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  4. AnonymousApril 1, 2013 at 8:37 AM

    I'm guessing the saline isn't sterile any longer.

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  5. AnonymousApril 1, 2013 at 10:57 AM

    Culex tarsalis also has white band in the legs.

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  6. alasdair hillApril 2, 2013 at 11:52 AM

    Id say a culex app mozzie, but how did it get on there?!

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  7. AnonymousApril 4, 2013 at 2:17 PM

    water bug

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  8. UnknownApril 16, 2013 at 9:07 AM

    This is definitely Culex tarsalis.
    They have banded legs and a banded proboscis. The terminal segment of the abdomen is also blunt.
    Aedes species have a pointed abdomen.
    Would be interesting to find out where/when the bottles came from and if tarsalis is endemic there.

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