NMD 2A Parasitology

Laboratory Worksheet

1. You can use any paper available in your study area.

2. Use only black or blue ball pen.
3. Color and Label the drawings completely.
4. Submit this laboratory worksheet before 4pm today (March 15 2022)

Name: _______________________________________
Section: _____
Group #: ____

Differentiate the filariform larva of Hookworm and Strongyloides based on the

following:

Characteristic Hookworm Strongyloides

Filariform Larva Filariform Larva
Size

Esophagus

Tail

Hookworm Hookworm Hookworm

Ovum Filariform larva Rhabditiform larva
 Strongyloides Strongyloides
Filariform larva Rhabditiform larva

Draw the life cycle of hookworms. Encircle the diagnostic stage and enclosed in a box the
infective stage.

What is the cause of anemia and the type of anemia in Hookworm infection?
Differentiate/Illustrate the buccal capsule of Ancylostome and Necator:

E. vermicularis E. vermicularis
Adult Female Ovum

Briefly explain the Graham’s scotch tape method.

Answer the following:

Distinguishing
features of Adult
Enterobius
Distinguishing
features of
Enterobius ovum
Modes of
transmission of
enterobiasis