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Happy Halloween! Here are some photos from my annual Halloween party - this year hosted with Dr. Audrey Schuetz and her husband Michael. O...

Answers: Rachael is wearing a fish costume and is infected with an adult Diphyllobothrium latum, commonly known as the broad fish tapeworm...

This week's case was generously donated by Dr. Steve Jenkins. The object below was seen in a wet prep of semen. Identification?

Answer:  Ciliated epithelial cell. This cell likely arose from the caput epididymis, or possibly from an epididymal cyst of the male genitou...

This week's case is from a young man from Africa with fevers. No further travel history is available. The following are images from peri...

Answer: Loa loa Florida Fan nicely describes the important features of this case: "The microfilariae are sheathed which narrows the ...

This week's case is a cool little finding from my lab, with videos by Emily F. Specimen type is urine (filtered through a Nuclepore (R) ...

Answer: Schistosoma haematobium egg containing a live miracidium. The video in this case nicely shows the movement of the miracidium as it...

This week's case was generously donated by Mr. Boren Huot, and is in honor of George from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, who ju...

Answer: Strongyloides stercoralis adult female worms containing eggs and rhabditiform larvae. A possible filariform larva is also seen. ...