Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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