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Manual of basic techniques for a health laboratory - libdoc.who.int

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150 <strong>Manual</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>basic</strong> <strong>techniques</strong> <strong>for</strong> a <strong>health</strong> <strong>laboratory</strong>Fig. 4.98 Adult Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus (hookworm)Fig. 4.99 Adult Trichuris trichiura (whipworm)Trichuris trichiura (whipworm) (Fig. 4.99)A small thin worm that lives in the wall <strong>of</strong> the caecum or occasionally the rectum.Length: 3–5cm.Colour: white.Flukes (Fig. 4.100)A flatworm with two suckers; it looks like a leaf.Large flukeLength: 2–3cm.Width: fairly broad.Colour: reddish-brown or dull white.Small flukeLength: 0.5–1.0cm.Width: narrow.Colour: transparent, greyish-red.Fig. 4.100 FlukesSchistosoma spp. (blood flukes) (Fig. 4.101)A small thin flatworm.

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