Introduction to Diagnostic Medical Parasitology

• Diseases
• Parasites
• Methods
• Virtual Microscope
• Diagnostics Keys

Cyst

Cyst
Size: 7 - 9 x 4 - 6 μm

• Cyst is mostly pear shaped or round
• In the pear shaped form one pole is flattened
• The cyst has a single nucleus

Vegetative form

Vegetative form
Size: 15 x 7 μm

• Pear shaped trophozoite with sometimes pointed end and a single nucleus at the opposite end
• Where also the flagella are located