A diagnostic parasitology exercise: identify the helminth based on its life cycle involving Semisulcospira snails and freshwater crabs.
🐍 Parasitology exercise. The figure shows the life cycle of a parasite that undergoes stages in Semisulcospira snails and freshwater crabs/crayfish, with adult forms inhabiting human lungs, causing a cough with bloody sputum. What is this parasite?
A) Clonorchis sinensis B) Paragonimus westermani C) Diphyllobothrium latum D) Taenia solium 🔎THE CORRECT ANSWER TO THE EXERCISE will be available tomorrow
Parasitology test: identify the ectoparasite species from a macrophotograph of a female and operculated eggs on a hair. Clinical laboratory diagnostics.
Detection of Acanthamoeba cysts in corneal scrapes in amoebic keratitis. Features of microscopy with Gram, Romanowsky-Giemsa, and native preparations.
A clinical parasitology case: identifying an intracellular parasite in a Giemsa-stained peritoneal fluid smear. Test your knowledge.
