Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites

This week's case is a worm that was reportedly vomited from a teenager and found in the toilet. What is your identification? Many thanks...

Happy Lab Week! In honor of this special week, I wanted to share these images from our long-time contributor, Florida Fan. He made these kit...

Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 807 : A beautiful  Giardia kite by Florida Fan We had a lot of great comments on this case. Many vie...

This week's interesting case was donated by Race Rucki and Jason Shearer from the University of Vermont. The patient had recently return...

Answer to Case of the Week 806 : Myiasis-causing fly larva, consistent with Dermatodia hominis As noted by Idzi, this is an "L3 larva o...

This week's case was generously donated by Dr. Karra Jones, and features H&E histopathologic sections of intestine from patient with...

Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 805 : Anisakis sp. larva As noted by Idzi, "For sure the patient has consumed raw/undercooked f...

Dear Friends, On behalf of the Parasite Morphology Hub of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), I...

This week's case is by Florida Fan, and represents a nearly 'picture perfect' representation of a particular filarial species in...

Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 804 : Brugia sp . microfilaria, favor B. malayi  As noted by Idzi and others, this is a textbook exa...