PARASITOLOGY Intestinal and urogenital protozoa

E. histolytica cyst

E. coli cyst

E. coli trophozoite

E. histolytica trophozoite

Entamoeba histolytica trophozoite

Amoebic hepatitis (liver abscess)

Giardia lamblia Trophozoite

Trichomonas vaginalis Trophozoite

blood and tissue protozoa

C - Stages of Plasmodium as observed on Giemsa staining of a peripheral blood smear.

P. falciparum Ring stage

- The presence of more than one parasite in an erythrocyte is unique to Plasmodium falciparum (malignant malaria)

Plasmodium falciparum Gametocyte

Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoite (trophozoite)

Hydrocephalus due to
congenital toxoplasmosis

Morphology of hemoflagellates

Promastigote

epimastigote

trypomastigote amastigote.

N, nucleus; K, kinetoplast; F, flagellum.

Promastigote of Leishmania

Amastigote of Leishmania

Ascitis in visceral leishmaniasis

Skin ulcer in cutan. and mucocutan. leishmaniasis

Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis

Trypomastigote of Trypanosoma

Chancre at the site of tsetse fly bite

PARASITOLOGY
HELMINTHS

Intestinal Nematodes

Ascaris lumbricoides Egg

Ascaris lumbricoides Male and female WORMS

Enterobius vermicularis Egg

Enterobius vermicularis male and female (pinworm)

Ancylostoma duodenale Egg

Ancylostoma duodenale (Hook worm)

Tissue Nematodes

Wuchereria bancrofti microfilaria in blood

Wuchereriasis or elephantiasis or filariasis

Onchacerca volvulus (river blindness)

Cestodes

Crown hooklet

7-13 uteral branches

Cysticercosis

More than 13 uteral branches

Trematodes

Adult worm of Fasciola

hepatica

Cercaria of Fasciola

Egg of Fasciola

Male &Female WORMS of Schistosoma

cercaria OF Schistosoma (biforked tail)

S. mansoni egg

Schistosoma hematobium egg

Ascitis of S. mansoni

Mosquito

Flea

Louse

Tick

Sarcoptes scabiei

Bed bug