Here is a nice straight-forward case from my laboratory. This worm was found on routine screening colonoscopy. It measures approximately 3.5 cm long.
What are some of the key identifying features?
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8 comments:
I'll go with "Identification" for 100, Alex: whipworm, Trichuris.
I'll pass on Identifying Features to others more expert than I.
No, this worm is not so straight. It’s totally so convoluted like the whip of “Dr. Jones” in the movie . Such a beautiful sample with all the identification details including that curved tail and copulatory spicule specific to its sex. No trick, just Trichuris trichura. This is a classic case.
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Trichuris trichiura
A beautiful male of Trichuris trichiura, the posterior part curved and we can see spicules.
oh nice image of a whipwarm trichuris trichura
Thichuris trichiura male
Truchuris trichura
trichuris trichiura (as long as it was a human having the colonoscopy)
Small head to enter mucosa and a large tail end for being a reproductive super factory.
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