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Volume 24, Number 8—August 2018
Synopsis

Abnormal Helminth Egg Development, Strange Morphology, and the Identification of Intestinal Helminth Infections

Sarah G.H. Sapp, Michael J. Yabsley, and Richard S. BradburyComments to Author 
Author affiliations: University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA (S.G.H. Sapp, M.J. Yabsley); Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (R.S. Bradbury)

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Abnormalities of Schistosoma spp. eggs visualized in wet preparation. A) Normal S. haematobium egg (≈150 µm long). B) S. haematobium egg with reduced terminal spine. C) S. haematobium egg with irregular, indented shape. D) Normal S. mansoni egg (≈150 µm long). E) S. mansoni egg with 2 lateral spines. Original magnification ×400. Panel E image courtesy of John Goldsmid, University of Tasmania (Hobart, Tasmania, Australia).

Figure 2. Abnormalities of Schistosoma spp. eggs visualized in wet preparation. A) Normal S. haematobium egg (≈150 µm long). B) S. haematobium egg with reduced terminal spine. C) S. haematobium egg with irregular, indented shape. D) Normal S. mansoni egg (≈150 µm long). E) S. mansoni egg with 2 lateral spines. Original magnification ×400. Panel E image courtesy of John Goldsmid, University of Tasmania (Hobart, Tasmania, Australia).

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