Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites

This week's case comes from my own lab - images by my awesome technical specialist, Emily Fernholz. The following object was submitted f...

 Answer to Parasite Case of the Week 612 : fly larva (maggot), Lucilia species. By using a pictorial key  from the CDC website, I would say ...

 This week's lovely case is from Dr. Phillip Heaton. The following was submitted to his laboratory for identification. What is shown her...

 Answer to Parasite Case of the Week 611 : Female crab louse, Pthirus pubis , with an egg. She's a mom to be! Florida Fan pointed out th...

I have a fun case for you this week from Dr. Richard Bradbury! The following structures were seen in a stool sample from 2-year old child fr...

 Answer to Parasite Case of the Week 610 : Brachylaima cribbi , a parasitic trematode found only in Australia to date. B. cribbi  infects la...

 This week's case features our monthly case from Idzi Potters and the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp . The following structure ...

 Answer to Parasite Case of the Week 609 : Not a parasite egg. Idzi and I debated over what this is exactly but couldn't come up with a ...

 This week's case is from Dr. Peter Gilligan. It's a histopathology image - which I know isn't always popular with the classical...

 Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 608 : Taenia sp. egg. The eggs are those of  T. solium,  T. saginata, or T. asiatica,  but it is no...