Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites

Happy New Years everyone! Can anyone tell me who this little arthropod is?

Answer: Ctenocephalides canis. This nice little male flea has characteristic pronotal and genal combs, and a more rounded head than C. felis...

Happy Holidays to all of my readers! Can anyone tell me who this little arthropod is?

Answer to Parasite Case of the Week 574 : Holiday bedbug, most likely  Cimex lecturlaris. We seem to have some 'controversy' about t...

This week's case is Dr. Charles (Chuck) Sturgis. He noted the following structures on a Papanicolaou-stained anal Pap smear (performed f...

Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 573 : Giardia duodenalis (a.k.a. G. lamblia, G. intestinalis ) cysts This is the third time I'...

This week's cool case is from Dr. Marta Maia. The specimen is skin currettings, and the object below was viewed using a dissecting micro...

Answer to Parasite Case of the Week 572 : Tungiasis, due to the parasitic female sand flea. As Blaine mentioned, it is most likely Tunga pen...

Welcome to the first case of the month, a regular feature by Idzi Potters and the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp . The following ob...

Answer: Giardia duodenalis (a.k.a. G. lamblia, G. intestinalis ) trophozoites with "falling leaf" or "tumbling" motility...