Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites

Happy Monday everyone! I'm on vacation this week, so here is a nice straight-forward identification for your viewing pleasure. A trichro...

Answer: Giardia duodenalis, a.k.a. G. lamblia, G. intestinalis As one of my twitter viewers comments - it's a Giardia party! Thus the ...

This week's case was generously donated by Dr. Kamran Kadkhoda. The following was seen crawling out of the nostril of a young child from...

Answer: Male  Pediculus humanus, likely P. h. capitis (clinical correlation required) - or - as Blaine and Florida Fan note - a booger bugge...

This week's case is an arthropod removed from an elderly male living on the Pacific coast of the United States. He feels well and report...

Answer: Hard tick,  Hyalomma sp. As many of you noted, this is one of the "Old World" ticks found in many parts of North Africa,...

This week features our monthly case from Idzi Potters and the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp . The patient presented with a non-hea...

Answer: Dermatobia hominis, the human botfly There are several helpful features in this case that allow for an identification to be made: ...

All, I’d like to hear from you regarding how you use my parasite case of the week blog for educating yourself or others. If you have time, ...

For this week's case, I'm going to take advantage of whole slide imaging technology via the cloud. The specimen is a section of larg...