tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post3501851929875183819..comments2024-03-26T16:04:11.096-05:00Comments on Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites: Case of the Week 169ParasiteGalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09093150363550239544noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-51672472275824553182011-07-26T21:13:58.344-05:002011-07-26T21:13:58.344-05:00I'll go with Hymenolepis sp. as well. To addre...I'll go with Hymenolepis sp. as well. To address Lukus' comment regarding the morphology of the eggs shown here, I'm wondering if these aberrations are in part, or wholly, due to fixation and/or processing of the thin sections.MicrobeMannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-44600113915598395252011-07-26T07:52:26.889-05:002011-07-26T07:52:26.889-05:00I agree with Hymenolepsis nana. For the eggs insi...I agree with Hymenolepsis nana. For the eggs inside the proglottids try the CDC site http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/ImageLibrary/Hymenolepiasis_il.htmKathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11031597322569889363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-87464175122262385512011-07-26T05:53:34.464-05:002011-07-26T05:53:34.464-05:00definately cestode - can see that from the 'se...definately cestode - can see that from the 'segmentation' - looks like the dwarf tapeworm - Hymenolepis nana. More of a nuisence parasite than dangerous except in infections of children. <br /><br />adults only get to around 30-45 mm. The worm has an interesting lifecycle flexibility - it can be transmitted via a direct transmission route from person to person as well as being transmitted by fleas which can serve as intermediate hosts/vectors. As far as I am aware, this tapeworm is the only one known which does not require an obligate imediate host to develop to an infective stage for transmission. <br /><br />the only thing making me go - 'errr' is that I thought the eggs were more spherical than the ones i can see here - but maybe this is after they are released from proglottids?Lukus Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128179042544690230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-46531533344682701232011-07-25T13:25:39.542-05:002011-07-25T13:25:39.542-05:00Hymenolepis sp.<i>Hymenolepis</i> sp.Neuro_Nursenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-57685921778607453422011-07-25T13:16:27.509-05:002011-07-25T13:16:27.509-05:00Really wierd. Looks like hooklets in high power. ...Really wierd. Looks like hooklets in high power. ?Tapeworm, but not confidently and not sure which.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-12385580011652581442011-07-25T12:57:35.570-05:002011-07-25T12:57:35.570-05:00Trichuris trichiura whipworm.Trichuris trichiura whipworm.ladybugnoreply@blogger.com