Ternidens infection — photos

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Photo 1. Head capsule of adult Ternidens deminutus. In some areas such as East Africa and Rhodesia infection commonly occurs with a hookworm-like parasite of monkeys, Ternidens deminutus which infects also monkeys in Asia. The parasite is found at any level in the small and large intestine and normally infection is asymptomatic. (x60)

Photo 2. Eggs of T. deminutus and hookworm comprated. The eggs are usually mistaken for those of hookworm, but the adults passed accidentally during hookworm therapy are distinctive. (X 125)