tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post8637511903410397306..comments2024-03-26T16:04:11.096-05:00Comments on Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites: Parasite Case of the Week 1ParasiteGalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09093150363550239544noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-47796004671783120092011-08-23T11:43:38.559-05:002011-08-23T11:43:38.559-05:00Cyclops water flea with Gnathostom spp inside.Cyclops water flea with Gnathostom spp inside.Lady bugnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-65090227148226932192007-12-25T19:57:00.000-06:002007-12-25T19:57:00.000-06:00I reckon a cyclops (copepod),inside is dracunculus...I reckon a cyclops (copepod),<BR/>inside is dracunculus medinensis, so spreads dracunculiasis,<BR/>can also be intermediate host larvae of diphyllobothrium latum, will think some more to get the other 2 diseases!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-1305036034795660252007-12-25T15:20:00.000-06:002007-12-25T15:20:00.000-06:00Great thoughts. Keep 'em coming!Great thoughts. Keep 'em coming!ParasiteGalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093150363550239544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-69285266699389937982007-12-25T15:15:00.000-06:002007-12-25T15:15:00.000-06:00I'm looking forward to this case of the week. Blo...I'm looking forward to this case of the week. Blogsite looks great. Hope all is well in the mother country and with all things new and exciting!<BR/><BR/>My guess is a copepod larvae (although if pinned down, I'm not sure I could explain what a copepod is exactly). Even so, I say it's one of these containing a nematode -- perhaps larval guinea worms?<BR/><BR/>I've learned (just now in fact) that "copepods" play a role in diphyllobothriasis, gnathostomiasis, and sparganosis, so I suppose it could be this. Or maybe it's a flea after all, but it looks funny to be flea . . . and what's with those whiskers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com