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Ascaris lumbricoides
Fertil corticated egg

Decorticated egg
Infertilized egg

Infertilized egg

2. Enterobius vermicularis

3. Hookworm egg

rhabditiform larva

4. Strongyloides stercoralis

Larva rhabditiform

5. Trichuris trichiura

6. Wuchereria bancrofti
The microfilaria of Wuchereria bancrofti are sheathed and measure 240-300 m in stained blood
smears and 275-320 m in 2% formalin. They have a gently curved body, and a tail that is
tapered to a point. The nuclear column (the cells that constitute the body of the microfilaria) is
loosely packed; the cells can be visualized individually and do not extend to the tip of the tail.

7. Brugia malayi

Microfilariae of Brugia malayi are sheathed and in stained blood smears measure 175-230 m. In
2% formalin they are longer, measuring 240-300 m. The tail is tapered, with a significant gap
between the terminal and subterminal nuclei.

8. Fasciola hepatica

9. Fasciolopsis buski

10.Dyphyllobothrium latum

11.Taenia Saginata

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