1. Parasitology Slides BIOLOGY 260 Lab Dr. B.M. Salameh
Photo credits: CDC- DPDx

2. Amoebae (Sarcodina)

3. Flagellates

4. Ciliates, Sporozoa, others

5. Entamoeba histolytica
Trophozoite with RBCs inside

6. Giardia lamblia (intestinalis)
Cyst
Trophozoite

7. Trichomonas vaginalis
Trophozoite
Trichomonas vaginalis

8. Cryptosporidium parvum
Oocysts

9. Plasmodium vivax (Malaria)

10. Toxoplasma gondii
From cat
From HIV patient

11. Trypanosoma cruzi Chagas’ Disease
Triatoma infestans
“kissing” or “assassin” Bug

12. Helminth Eggs (Comparative sizes)

13. Trematode (Flatworm) Eggs

14. Nematode and Cestode Eggs

15. Proglottids and Scoleces

16. Ascaris lumbricoides (Roundworm)
Ascaris egg
Ascaris adult

17. Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm = itchy butt)
Eggs

18. Necator americanus (Hookworm)
Larvae
Egg

19. Schistosoma japonicum (Blood fluke)
Egg

20. Paragonimus westermani (Oriental lung fluke)
Egg

21. Taenia solium (Pork tapeworm)
Scolex
Proglottid
Egg

22. Diphyllobothrium latum (Broad fish tapeworm)
Proglottids
Egg

23. Echinococcus granulosus (Hydatid tapeworm)
Hydatid sand
Adult worm
Hydatid cyst in liver

24. Triatoma infestans (Assassin or Kissing bug)
Adult
T. cruzi