Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites

This week's case is from one of our former fellows, Dr. Rachael Liesman. The structures in question were seen in H&E-stained section...

Answer to Parasite Case of the Week 578 : Hymenolepis species. I agree with Blaine and Idzi that this is likely H. nana based on the size of...

This week's very cool case was donated by Dr. Mike Feely. We haven't had anything like this one before on the blog! The specimen b...

Answer to Parasite Case of the Week 577 : Planarian worm, Bipalium species, commonly known as the "hammerhead worm". This is not a...

Happy New Year! Our first case of 2020 was provided by Heather Arguello, my awesome Parasitology Technical Specialist. The following worm wa...

Answer to Parasite Case of the Week 576 : Enterobius vermicularis (a.k.a., pinworm) , adult male Thanks to all who wrote in with the corre...

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...