Biology 546
Human parasitology laboratory tutorial

The egg on the left was found in low numbers in a human stool sample. It measured about 90 micrometers in length, and fails to possess an operculum. What type of parasite does it represent?

Cestode
Nematode
Pentastome
Trematode

Original; photograph by S. J. Upton


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