Balantidium coli

Aphasmidia

Trichuris trichuira
OVA
Barrel shaped egg
Protruded hyaline
plug
Smooth egg shell

Trichinella spiralis

Encysted LARVA
Muscle biopsy
Week 3 to 4

Capillaria philippinensis
OVA
Peanut shaped
Flattened hyaline
plug
Pitted egg shell

Phasmidia

Ascaris lumbricoides
Unfertilized OVA
Disorganized yolk
cells
(tiny bubbles)
REFRACTILE
GRANULES
Thin shell
Irregular
mammilated
Albuminous layer

Ascaris lumbricoides
Fertilized OVA
Ovoid
Goldenbrown color
Coarse lecithin
granules
Vitelline layer
Glycogen membrane
Albuminous coat
Mamilation

Enterobius vermicularis

Ova
Shape:
PLANOCONVEX
Contains EMBRYO
Perianal region

Enterobius vermicularis

Male adult
Spindle shape
Postrior end curved
ventrally

Enterobius vermicularis

Female Adult
Sharply pointed
posterior end

HOOKWORM spp

Ova
4-8 cell stages

Hookworm spp
Rhabditiform Larva

Short esophagus
Bulbous posteriorly
Long buccal cavity
Small genital
primordium
snake-like

HOOKWORM spp

Filariform Larva
short esophagus
Pointed tail
lashing

Hookworm

Male adult
A. caninum

Hookworm

Female adult
A. caninum

A. caninum

Buccal cavity

Strongyloides stercoralis

Rhabditiform larva
Short buccal cavity
Large genital
primordium

Strongyloides stercoralis

Filariform larva
Long esophagus
Notched tail

Filaria

Wuchereria bancrofti mcf

Sheathed
Tail tappered to a
point
Free from nuclei
graceful curve

Brugia malayi mcf

Tail tappered
2 discrete nuclei in
the tip of the tail
kinky body