Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites

 Dear Readers, I am excited to announce that we are celebrating our 777th case!  In honor of this milestone, we have a selection of 3 helmin...

 The Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 777 is up - and it's a jackpot of parasite eggs!  Easy version: Trichuris trichura Ascaris...

 Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 776 : Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites. As the name implies, the tachyzoite is the rapidly dividing st...

This week's case is a brain biopsy from a middle-aged man with untreated HIV. The specimen appeared necrotic and bloody. Touch preps wer...

This week's case was inspired by Dr. Eric Rosenbaum. Several objects were submitted for parasite identification, including tan-white hai...

Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 775 : Not a parasite. This is actually a hair from my house cat, Walter. Here he is keeping me compa...

This week's case features another great video from Dr. Rasool Jafari - an object identified from skin scrapings. What is this little art...

Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 774 : Demodex ! The legs and gnathosoma (with mouthparts) are nicely demonstrated: I can't quite...

This week's case is generously donated by Dr. Rasool Jafari from the Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Urmia ...

Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 773: Giardia duodenalis trophozoites with 'falling leaf' motility. As nicely described by Id...