Wet Mount Practical: Parasites

MLT 142 Micro II Combined version of wet mount practicals 1 and 2

Name, common name

Dracunculus medinensis, Guinea worm

Name

Entamoeba histolytica

Name

Entamoeba coli

Name

Diphyllobothrium latum

Name

Taenia solium

Name, common name

Hymenolepis nana, dwarf tapeworm

Name

Taenia saginata

Name

Hymenolepis diminuta

Name

Entamoeba coli

Name; disease; sample; vector

Plasmodium; causes malaria; sample = blood; vector = Anopheles mosquito

Name, common name, specimen/test

Enterobius vermicularis; pinworm; specimen = perianal tape test eggs

Name, specimen

Schistosoma mansoni; specimen = stool

Name, common name

Dipyllidium canium; dog/cat tapeworm

Name, disease, vector

Trypanosoma cruzi; Chagas disease, reduviid/kissing bugs

Name, common name, sample

Trichuris trichiura; whipworm; sample = stool *Mrs. Cole’s favorite*

Name

Trichomonas vaginalis

Name

Giardia lamblia

Name, common name, fertilized or unfertilized?

Ascaris lumbricoides; large roundworm; fertilized

Name

Balantidium coli

Name, common name

Taenia, tapeworm

Name, common name

Hymenolepis nana, dwarf tapeworm

Name both possible species; common name

Necator americanus and Anclyostoma duodenale; hookworm

Name, specimen

Schistosoma haematobium, urine

Name, common name, formation depicted

Dipylidium canium; dog/cat tapeworm; egg packet

Name of two organisms (cannot distinguish eggs); hint = very large egg (~140 um)

Fasciola hepatica or Fasciolopis buski

Name, common name, how acquired

Diphylobothrium latum, fish tapeworm, eating infected raw/undercooked fish

Name, vector (Bonus = name of formation)

Babesia, Ixodes tick (Bonus = Maltese cross)

Name, classification (phylum), and fertilized or unfertilized?

Ascaris lumbricoides, Nematoda, unfertilized

Name (hint = very small)

Clonorchis sinensis

Name of A, B, and C

Ascaris lumbricoides (fertilized), Trichuris trichiura, Taenia

Name, common name

Enterobius vermicularis, pinworm