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eParasitology

Learning Resources for the Study of Parasites

Ascaris lumbricoides ova with worm visible inside ova, no stain

x‍40 magnification, phase contrast microscopy

(Credit: Dr Richard Halliwell, NHS Department of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospitals of Leicester)

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