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Wednesday, December 29, 2021

Case of the Week 666

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I have a fascinating parasite for the dreaded Case of the Week 666 - not a bad way to end out 2021! I promise I will start us off in 2022 wi...
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Sunday, December 26, 2021

Answer to Case 666

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 Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 666 : Echinococcus sp. degenerating protoscolex (immature scolex) and free hooklets. We can't s...
Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Case of the Week 665

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This week's case was made possible by  BEI Resources and the NIH-NIAID Filariasis Research Reagent Resource (FR3) Center . They provide...
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Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Answer to Case 665

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 Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 655 : Culicidae mosquito eggs and larvae. The appearance of the eggs (darkly-colored, individual eg...
Monday, December 13, 2021

Case of the Week 664

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 Here's another fun case from my lab, courtesy of our awesome parasitology technical specialist, Heather Morris. The following objects w...
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Sunday, December 12, 2021

Answer to Case 664

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Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 664 : Hymenolepis ( Rodentolepis ) nana scolex and egg. It is very unusual to see a scolex of  H. na...
Monday, December 6, 2021

Case of the Week 663

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This week's case was generously donated by Monica Jarvis, Lilian Flores, and the parasitology lab at the North Carolina Department of He...
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Sunday, December 5, 2021

Case of the Week 663

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 Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 663 : Not a human parasite; "Beaver bodies". Beaver bodies are sporocysts of the unicellu...
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Monday, November 29, 2021

Case of the Week 662

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This week's case is a stool specimen from a 52-year-old Bolivian farmer.  He complains of intermittent right upper quadrant pain, and an...
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Sunday, November 28, 2021

Answer to Case 662

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 Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 662 : Fasciola/Fasciolopsis / Echinostoma  species eggs. The clinical history is most consistent wi...
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