Biology 546
Human parasitology laboratory tutorial

The photograph on the left was taken from a human fecal flotation. The oocysts were sparse, and the one on the left measured about 20 micrometers in length by 16 micrometers in width. What genus of coccidian does this represent?

Cyclospora
Isospora
Pfeifferinella
Toxoplasma

Original; photograph by S. J. Upton


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