Photo Quiz: A Human Parasite
Here is an easy one for you. This is a picture of a small part of a human parasite I took with a Celestron LCD Digital Microscope.
What is it?
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Cacoethes Cognitum
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Thursday, August 18, 2011
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2 Comments:
scabies mite? I like the end equipment!
It is the front leg of a human head louse, Pediculus humanus capitis. It was an incidental finding in a 3 year old in for a mild respiratory illness recently.
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