Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites

 Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 737 : Pentatrichomonas hominis trophozoites.  P. hominis trophozoites have 5 flagella: 4 are direct...

The following arthropods were submitted to the lab for identification from a daycare center. What is your identification? What are the impli...

Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 736 : Cimex sp., the human bedbug. Nymphs and an adult are present. The two species of Cimex that in...

This week's case features a liver cyst (6 cm in diameter) that was removed and send to the parasitology laboratory for evaluation. The f...

 Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 735 : Echinococcus species. The diagnosis can be made by the finding of the characteristic protosco...

Welcome to the first blog post of 2024! I had been particularly busy last year as I was serving as the Interim Chair of the Department of La...

 Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 734 : Entamoeba coli cysts.  As noted by Florida Fan and Mary Lois Smorenburg noted, these cysts ca...

 This week's case is by Idzi Potters and the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp . The following object was removed from a furuncula...

 Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 733 : Cordylobia anthropophaga, myiasis causing fly larva.  Florida Fan painted an accurate picture...

Welcome back to all of my US readers from the Thanksgiving holiday. Here is a fun case with the answer embedded - just listen to the audio w...