Introduction to Diagnostic Medical Parasitology

• Diseases
• Parasites
• Methods
• Virtual Microscope
• Diagnostics Keys

Egg

Egg; mostly round; thick shell; striated; brown; oncosphere
Size: 30 - 40 μm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Thick shell
B Oncosphere

Taenia solium

Proglottid, uterus < 12 branches

Taenia saginata

Proglottid, uterus > 15 branches

Worm of Taenia spp.