Parasitology and Medical Mycology

University of Sciences and Technologies, Hanoï, Vietnam

May 6-10, 2024

List of fungal and parasitic

elements to recognize for the
midterm exam
Medical entomology
Adult
Pediculus capitis
Head pediculosis
Arthropods

1 mm
Nit 500 µm
Pediculus capitis
Head pediculosis
Arthropods
Adult 1 mm
Phtirius pubis
Pubic pediculosis
Arthropods
Adult 1 mm
Pulex irritans
Nuisance (only a bite)
Arthropods
Adult 2 mm
Cimex lectularius
Nuisance (only a bite)
Arthropods
Adult 5 mm
Ixodidae (hard ticks)
Nuisance (only a bite)
Arthropods
Adult and egg 300 µm
Sarcoptes scabiei
Scabies
Arthropods
Magot
A fly !
Myiasis
Arthropods
Medical mycology
Mycelium + conidial heads
Aspergillus fumigatus
Aspergillosis
Fungi - Ascomycota

30 µm
Mycelium + macroconidia +
microconidia
Trichophyton, Microsoprum,
Epidermophyton
Dermatophytosis 20 µm
Fungi - Ascomycota
Yeast, germ tubes
Candida albicans
Candidiasis
Fungi - Ascomycota

20 µm
Capsulated yeast
Cryptococcus neoformans
Cryptococcosis
Fungi - Basidiomycota

15 µm
Hyphae, spiculated macroconidia
Histoplasma capsulatum
Histoplasmosis
Fungi - Ascomycota

30 µm
Protozoa
Trophozoite
Entamoeba histolytica
Amoebiasis
Protozoa
10 µm
Trophozoite
Giardia intestinalis
Giardiasis
Protozoa
10 µm
Trophozoite
Trichomonas vaginalis
Trichomoniasis
Protozoa

10 µm
Trypomastigote
Trypanosoma sp.
Trypanosomiasis 10 µm
Protozoa
Promastigote
Leishmania sp.
Leishmaniasis 10 µm
Protozoa
Trophozoite
Plasmodium sp.
Malaria 10 µm
Protozoa
Roundworms
Adult
Loa loa
Loiasis
Nematoda

0.5 cm
Adult
Dracunculus mediniensis
Dracunculiasis
Nematoda

5 cm
Egg / Adults
Enterobius vermicularis
Enterobiasis
0.5 cm
Nematoda

10 µm
Egg / Adults
Trichuris trichiura 0.5 cm
Trichuriasis
Nematoda

10 µm
 1 cm
Egg / Adults
Ascaris lumbricoides
Enterobiasis
Nematoda

10 µm
Egg / Adults
Ancylostoma duodenale
Hookworm infection
Nematoda 1 mm

10 µm
Larva
Strongyloides stercoralis
Strongyloidiasis
Nematoda 50 µm
Larva = cyst
10 µm
Trichinella spiralis
Trichinellosis
Nematoda
Flatworms
Eggs / adults 1 mm
Shistosoma
Shistosomiasis
Trematoda 50 µm
Egg / adult 1 cm
Fluke
Fluke infections
Trematoda

50 µm
Egg / larva / adult 5 cm
Taenia
Taeniasis
Cestoda

10 µm
Larva (cyst) / adult 1 mm
Echinococcus granolosus
Hydatid echinococcosis
Cestoda

500 µm