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Welcome to Parasite Case of the Week
Every week I will post a new Case, along with the answer to the previous case. Please feel free to write in with your answers, comments, and questions. Also check out my image archive website at http://parasitewonders.com. Enjoy!
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Please note that all opinions expressed here are mine and not my employer. Information provided is for educational purposes only. It is not intended as and does not substitute for medical advice. I do not accept medical consults from patients.
The Fine Print:
Please note that all opinions expressed here are mine and not my employer. Information provided is for educational purposes only. It is not intended as and does not substitute for medical advice. I do not accept medical consults from patients.
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11 comments:
Enterobius vermicularis. wash your hands. No scratching.
Agree. Nice hatching shot!
Oxiurus or Enterobius Vermicularis. Nices Images
Nice shots of E. vermicularis, especially the hatching one.
Florida Fan
E Vermicularis
Certainly pinworm; Enterobius vermicularis. Someone mentioned Oxyuris, which is a genus most commonly associated with the horse pinworm (Oxyuris equi) and the rabbit pinworm (Oxyuris/Passalurus ambigua) however I am not aware that genus Oxyuris is of a public health threat to humans. Does anyone have any contradictory information?
Pinworm, Enterobious vermicularis - Nice Photos!
Lee
Arthur:
Back in the days I was a med tech student in the late sixties, I have been taught the name Oxyuris vermicularis as a synonym of Enterobius vermicularis. Perhaps at that time the word Oxyuris was used because there was still a strong French influence in the former French Indochina (in French "oxyure" means pinworm).
And even then, when we did our rotation at the Walter Reed Laboratory branch in Saigon, the American technologists used only the name Enterobius vermicularis.
You did bring up very interesting facts.
Florida Fan
Florida Fan: Many thanks for sharing your expertise on the subject, I had no idea of the French etymology of the name. Very interesting indeed!
Much of the reason I value this blog is for the invaluable discourse I enjoy every week!
I agree with Arthur - one of the reasons I keep up my weekly blog posts is because of my amazing community of readers! You all inspire me to keep learning and be a better parasitologist. Happy Thanksgiving to my colleagues in the United States.
Bobbi (a.k.a. Parasite Gal)
How in the world do you catch a hatching enterobius egg - unbelievable and something I'd never think to look for so great case. Happy Thanksgiving and I'll try to not think of parasites that turkeys can have....
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