Trichuriasis eggs

(A) Egg of T. trichiura in an iodine-stained wet mount.
(B) Egg of T. trichiura in an unstained wet mount.
(C) Egg of T. trichiura in an unstained wet mount.
(D) Two eggs of T. trichiura, showing the variability in size of the species.

Reproduced from: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. DPDx: Trichuriasis. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/trichuriasis/index.html.

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