Trichostrongylus sp. 2 02.jpg

Taxonomy: s.f. Trichostrongyloidea
Animal: Trichostrongylus sp. 2 02.jpg
Sites: Gut
Comment:
Trichostrongylus- 3rd stage sheathed larvae (agar plate culture) from a human with eosinophilia who worked at a goat farm in Maleny, SE Qld. 723 (644-790) x26 microns from a culture - toluidine blue stain. Anus to tip of tail sheath - 95 microns. He had become infected by eating unwashed vegetables contaminated with infective larvae. see Boreham RE. et al. 1995. Pathology. 27:182-185.

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