Schistosoma haematobium 3 10.jpg

Taxonomy: s.f. Schistosomatoidea
Animal: Schistosoma haematobium 3 10.jpg
Sites: Blood / Vascular
Comment:
Schistosoma haematobium egg in urine 112 - 170 x 40 - 70 microns - note terminal spine - saline preparation. This infection was in an Australian traveller to Africa infected while wading in infected waters. Although asymptomatic, she presented for testing 2 months after returning home when a fellow traveller presented with seizures and was found to be infected.

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