Medical Microbiology

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EggsandLarvaeofImportantHelminths

Taenia spp. Hymenolepis nana Ascaris lumbricoides

Strongyloides stercoralis

Length: 1 80 –380 μm

0,1 mm

Trichuris trichiura Ancylostomes Enterobius vermicularis

Clonorchis Paragonimus africanus Diphyllobothrium latum

27 – 35 x 1 1 – 20 μm 70– 11 0 x 40–65 μm 58–70 x 40– 50 μm

30–43 x 29– 38 μm 44–62 x 30– 53 μm 55–75 x 3 5 – 50 μm

50–55 x 22– 24 μm 60 – 75 x 36–40 μm 50 – 60 x 20– 32 μm

Fig. 1 0. 1 Continued

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