EXERCISE #5A TO

EXERCISE #6.1K
1. Acanthamoeba spp. Cyst
2. Acanthamoeba Trophozoite
3. Naegleria spp. Cyst
TABLE OF CONTENTS
4. Naegleria trophozoite
5. Vermamoeba vermiformis cyst
6. Vermamoeba vermiformis trophozoite
7. Ascaris lumbricoides adult m&F
8. Ascaris lumbricoides fertilized ova
9. Ascaris lumbricoides unfertilized ova
10. Trichuris trichiura adult m&f
11. Trichuris trichiura fertilized ova
12. Strongyloides sterocralis adult m&f
13. Strongyloides stercoralis rhabditiform larvae
14. Strongyloides stercoralis filariform larvae
15. Strongyloides stercoralis embryonated ova
16. Necator americanus adult m&f
17. Necator americanus buccal capsule
18. Necator americanus copulatory bursa
19. Necator americanus rhabditiform larvae
20. Necator americanus filariform larvae
21. Necator americanus ova
22. Ancylostoma duodenale adult m&f
23. Ancylostoma duodenale buccal capsule
24. Ancylostoma duodenale posterior end
25. Ancylostoma duodenale rhabditiform larvae
26. Ancylostoma duodenale filariform larvae
27. Ancylostoma duodenale ova
28. Ancylostoma braziliense buccal capsule
29. Ancylostoma caninum buccal capsule
30. Enterobius vermicularis adult m&f
31. Enterobius vermicularis embryonated ova
32. Trichenella spiralis adult m&f
33. Trichenella spiralis encysted larvae
34. Capillaria philippinensis adult m&f
35. Capillaria philippinensis typical ova
36. Capillaria philippinensis atypical ova
37. Toxocara canis adult m&f
38. Toxocara canis embryonated ova
39. Toxocara cati adult m&f
40. Toxocara cati embryonated ova
41. Angiostrongylus cantonensis adult m&f
42. Angiostrongylus cantonensis embryonated ova
43. Dracunculus medinensis adult m&f
44. Dracunculus medinensis rhabditiform larvae
45. Dracunculus medinensis filariform larvae
FREE-LIVING AMOEBA
ACANTHAMOEBA CYST Figure C: Cyst of Acanthamoeba
sp. from brain tissue, stained
with hematoxylin and eosin
(H&E).
ACANTHAMOEBA Figure A: Trophozoite of
TROPHOZOITE Acanthamoeba sp. from culture.
Notice the slender, spine-like
acanthapodia.
NAEGLERIA SPP FIG. 28.14 Naegleria fowleri
trophozoite. Note the prominent

TROPHOZOITE karyosome (iron hematoxylin

stain, ×1000).
NAEGLERIA SPP. CYST Figure A: Cyst of N. fowleri in
culture.
 VERMAMOEBA
This photomicrograph of a trichrome
stained specimen, revealed the presence of
a cyst of a Vermamoeba vermiformis,

VERMIFORMIS CYST
formerly Hartmannella vermiformis, parasitic
amoeba. Note how the cyst wall is
composed of two layers, and wrinkled,
outer ectocyst, and an inner endocyst wall.
 Fig. (3) V.
VERMAMOEBA VERMIFORMIS vermiformis trophozoite in
amoebal saline; showing
TROPHOZOITE numerous pseudopodia; Bar:
20µm; phase contrast.
HELMINTHS
 ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES 30. A. lumbricoides adult
ADULT MALE AND FEMALE male and female worms
 ASCARIS Figure E: Fertilized egg of A.

LUMBRICOIDES
lumbricoides in an unstained
wet mount of stool, 200x
magnification. A larva is
FERTILIZED OVA visible in the egg.
 ASCARIS Figure A: Unfertilized egg

LUMBRICOIDES of A. lumbricoides. Note the

prominent mammillations

UNFERTILIZED OVA on the outer layer.

TRICHURIS TRICHIURA ADULT
MALE AND FEMALE
TRICHURIS TRICHIURA
• Figure 50-11 Trichuris
trichiura egg. Note the clearly
evident polar
FERTILIZED OVA hyaline plugs. (Courtesy Dr.
Henry Travers, Sioux Falls, SD.)
 STRONGYLOIDES Figure A: Free-living adult male S.
stercoralis. Note the presence of

STERCORALIS ADULT the spicule (red arrow). Figure D:

Adult free-living female S.

MALE AND FEMALE

stercoralis. Note the row of eggs
within the female’s body.
STRONGYLOIDES
STERCORALIS
Figure F: Rhabditiform larva of S.
stercoralis in an unstained wet
mount of stool. Note the prominent

RHABDITIFORM genital primordium (blue arrow),

esophageal bulb (red arrow) and
short buccal canal (green arrow).

LARVAE
 STRONGYLOIDES Figure A: Filariform (L3) larva
STERCORALIS FILARIFORM of S. stercoralis in an

LARVAE unstained wet mount.

 STRONGYLOIDES
STERCORALIS EMBRYONATED An ovum of Strongyloides
stercoralis
OVA
 NECATOR
AMERICANUS ADULT Female on left, male on right.

MALE AND FEMALE

 NECATOR
AMERICANUS BUCCAL
CAPSULE
 NECATOR
AMERICANUS
COPULATORY BURSA
 NECATOR
AMERICANUS
RHABDITIFORM
LARVAE
 NECATOR
AMERICANUS Figure A: Filariform (L3)
hookworm larva.

FILARIFORM LARVAE
 NECATOR Figure D: Hookworm egg in an
unstained wet mount. The eggs
of Ancylostoma and Necator 

AMERICANUS OVA cannot be differentiated

microscopically.
ANCYLOSTOMA DUODENALE
ADULT MALE AND FEMALE
ANCYLOSTOMA DUODENALE
BUCCAL CAPSULE
ANCYCLOSTOMA
DUODENALE
POSTERIOR END
ANCYLOSTOMA
DUODENALE
RHABDITIFORM
LARVAE
ANCYLOSTOMA DUODENALE Figure A: Filariform (L3)
FILARIFORM LARVAE hookworm larva.
 ANCYLOSTOMA Figure D: Hookworm egg in an
unstained wet mount. The eggs

DUODENALE OVA
of Ancylostoma and Necator 
cannot be differentiated
microscopically.
 Figure 2b Buccal capsule

ANCYLOSTOMA BRAZILIENSE of Ancylostoma ceylanicum or

Ancylostoma braziliense,

BUCCAL CAPSULE containing a single pair of teeth.

(Image credit: The University of
Melbourne parasite image library)
ANCYLOSTOMA CANINUM 46 Mouth part of Ancyclostoma

BUCCAL CAPSULE caninum

 ENTEROBIUS
VERMICULARIS ADULT
Figure E: Male and female E.
vermicularis, mounted
specimens.
MALE AND FEMALE
 ENTEROBIUS
VERMICULARIS Figure B: Eggs of E.
vermicularis in a wet mount.

EMBRYONATED OVA
 TRICHENELLA Left Adult male T. spiralis. Note
claspers on tail (lower end) 1.5mm x 36

SPIRALIS ADULT MALE um.

Right Adult female T. spiralis. 3mm x

AND FEMALE
36 um. Note fully formed larvae in
uterus.
 TRICHENELLA Figure D: Encysted larvae

SPIRALIS ENCYSTED
of Trichinella sp. in muscle tissue,
stained with hematoxylin and
eosin (H&E). Image was were

LARVAE captured at 400x magnification.

 CAPILARIA Figure C: Longitudinal

PHILIPPINENSIS ADULT
section of an adult C.
philippinensis from an
intestinal biopsy specimen,
MALE AND FEMALE stained with H&E.
 CAPILARIA
PHILIPPINENSIS Typical – peanut shaped,
with polar plugs, striated

TYPICAL OVA
 CAPILLARIA
PHILIPPINENSIS Atypical – no polar plugs,
ovoid, striated

ATYPICAL OVA
TOXOCARA CANIS
ADULT MALE AND
Figure A: Toxocara
canis adult male and
female.
FEMALE
 TOXOCARA CANIS
• Figure 51-3 Toxocara canis egg. Note
the rough appearance on the
outer surface of the egg. The egg also

EMBRYONATED OVA contains an infectious L2 larvae.

(Courtesy Dr. Henry Travers, Sioux Falls,
SD.)
 TOXOCARA CATI
ADULT MALE AND
FEMALE
 TOXOCARA CATI
Figure A: Toxocara sp. egg teased
from an adult worm. The worm
was never identified, but the egg

EMBRYONATED OVA size is most consistent with T. cati.

Image courtesy of the New Jersey
State Public Health Laboratory.
 ANGIOSTRONGYLUS Figure 1Angiostrongylus

CANTONENSIS ADULT
cantonensis adult worms:
left, male (body length 13–
20 mm); right, female (body
MALE AND FEMALE length 16–26 mm).
ANGIOSTRONGYLUS
CANTONENSIS
EMBRYONATED OVA
 DRACUNCULUS Male and female D .

MEDINENSIS ADULT
medinensis worms. The
female worm is the larger of
the two. The ruler at the left is
MALE AND FEMALE in centimeters. 
DRACUNCULUS
MEDENINSIS Dracunculus medinensis, or G
uinea-worm, first-stage larva,
3D illustration. Larvae are exc
RHABDITIFORM reted from female worm
parasiting

LARVAE under the skin of human extr

emities in
 DRACUNCULUS Figure. Size and shape of a Dracunculus
medinensis third-stage larva recovered

MEDENINSIS from a Phrynobatrachus francisci frog

from Chad. Scale bar indicates 25 ?m.
Inset shows detailed morphology of the

FILARIFORM LARVAE
tip of the tail of the larva, including the
characteristic 3-lobed tip.