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Department of Helminthology
 
 
Teaching Materials
1. Helminths
1.1 Preserved specimens (worm in 10% formalin)
Specimen
Baht/unit
Angiostrongylus cantonensis – male
400
Angiostrongylus cantonensis – female
400
Ascaris lumbricoides - female
500
Ascaris lumbricoides - male
500
Cysticercus cellulosae (2-3 cysts)
600
Dipylidium caninum (gravid segment)
400
Enterobius vermicularis - female
400
Eurytrema pancreaticum
400
Fasciola gigantica
500
Gnathostoma spinigerum (L3)
400
Hookworm - female (N. americanus, A. ceylanicum, A. caninum)
400
Hookworm - male (N. americanus, A. ceylanicum, A. caninum)
400
Opisthorchis viverrini
400
Paragonimus spp.
500
Strongyloides stercoralis (free-living male, female) mount on slide
500
Taenia saginata (gravid segment)
400
Taenia solium (gravid segment)
600
Toxocara canis - female
500
Toxocara canis - male
500
Trichuris trichiura - female
500
Trichuris trichiura - male
500
 
1.2 Preserved specimens (Eggs in 10% formalin, 0.5 ml)
Specimen
Baht/unit
Ascaris lumbricoides
200
Clonorchis sinensis
200
Enterobius vermicularis
200
Hookworm
200
Hymenolepis diminuta
200
Hymenolepis nana
200
Opisthorchis viverrini
200
Paragonimus spp.
200
Taenia spp.
200
Toxocara spp.
200
Trichuris trichiura
200
 
1.3 Mounted specimens (Egg - mounted slides)
Specimen
Baht/unit
Ascaris lumbricoides (fertilized)
300
Ascaris lumbricoides (unfertilized)
300
Capillaria philippinensis
500
Dipylidium caninum
500
Echinostoma spp.
500
Enterobius vermicularis
500
Eurytrema pancreaticum
500
Fasciolopsis buski
500
Hookworm
300
Hymenolepis diminuta
500
Hymenolepis nana
500
Opisthorchis viverrini
500
Paragonimus spp.
500
Schistosoma japonicum
500
Schistosoma mansoni
500
Spirometra mansoni
500
Taenia spp.
500
Trichuris trichiura
300
 
1.4 Mounted specimens (Larva – mounted slides)
Specimen
Baht/unit
Cercaria - Opisthorchis
800
Cercaria - Schistosome
800
Cysticercus cellulosae
500
Gnathostoma spinigerum (L3)
500
Hookworm (filariform larva)
500
Hookworm (rhabditiform larva)
500
Microfilaria - B. malayi
1,000
Microfilaria - W. bancrofti
1,000
Strongyloides stercoralis (filariform larva)
500
Strongyloides stercoralis (rhabditiform larva)
500
Trichinella spiralis (in muscle section)
500
Trichinella spiralis (in muscle)
800
 
1.5 Stained specimens (worm / part of worm)
Specimen
Baht/unit
Ancylostoma caninum - female
700
Ancylostoma caninum - male
700
Ancylostoma ceylanicum - female
700
Ancylostoma ceylanicum - male
700
Dipylidium caninum - gravid
700
Dipylidium caninum - mature
800
Dipylidium caninum - scolex
1,000
Echinococcus granulosus
1,500
Echinostoma spp.
1,000
Enterobius vermicularis - female
700
Enterobius vermicularis - male
800
Eurytrema pancreaticum
700
Fasciola gigantica
800
Fasciolopsis buski
1,000
Haplorchis spp.
1,000
Hymenolepis diminuta - gravid
800
Hymenolepis diminuta - mature
1,000
Hymenolepis nana - gravid
800
Hymenolepis nana - mature
1,000
Hymenolepis nana - scolex
1,500
Metagonimus yokogawai
1,000
Necator americanus - female
700
Necator americanus - male
700
Opisthochis viverrini
700
Paragonimus siamensis
800
Schistosoma japonicum
1,000
Schistosoma mansoni
1,000
Schistosoma mekongi
1,000
Taenia saginata - gravid
700
Taenia saginata - gravid
1,000
Taenia saginata - mature
800
Taenia saginata - mature
1,000
Taenia saginata - scolex
1,500
Taenia solium - scolex
1,500
Trichinella spiralis - female
1,500
Trichinella spiralis - male
1,500
Trichuris trichiura - female
700
Trichuris trichiura - male
700
 
2. Protozoa
2.1 Trichrome stained slides
Specimen
Baht/unit
Entamoeba coli (trophozoite)
700
Entamoeba coli (cyst)
700
Entamoeba nana (trophozoite)
700
Entamoeba nana (cyst)
700
Blastocystis hominis
700
Giardia lamblia (trophozoite)
700
Giardia lamblia (cyst)
700
 
2.2 Rare protozoa from stool: Trichrome stained slides
Specimen
Baht/unit
Entamoeba histolytica (trophozite)
1,000
Entamoeba histolytica (cyst)
1,000
Iodamoeba butschlii
1,000
Dientamoeba fragilis
1,000
Chilomastix mesnili
1,000
Balantidium coli
1,000
 
2.3 Rare protozoa from stool: Giemsa stained slides
Specimen
Baht/unit
Toxoplasma gondii (trophozoite)
1,000
Trichomonas vaginalis (trophozoite)
1,000
2.4 Rare protozoa from stool: Special stained slides
Specimen
Baht/unit
Cryptosporidium parvum (oocyst)
1,000
Cyclospora cayetanensis (oocyst)
1,000
Microsporidium (oocyst)
1,000
2.5 Rare protozoa from stool: mounted slides
Specimen
Baht/unit
Cyclospora cayetanensis (oocyst)
1,000
Isospora belli (oocyst)
1,000
Sarcocystis hominis (oocyst)
1,000
2.6 Malaria
Malaria: Thick blood film (Giemsa stained slides)
Specimen
Baht/unit
Plasmodium falciparum - ring form
700
Plasmodium vivax - amoeboid form
700
Plasmodium malariae - schizont
1,000
Plasmodium ovale - growing trophozoite
1,000
Plasmodium ovale - schizont
1,000
Plasmodium ovale - gametocyte
1,000
Malaria: Thin blood film (Giemsa stained slides)
Specimen
Baht/unit
Plasmodium falciparum - ring form
700
Plasmodium falciparum - growing trophozoite
700
Plasmodium falciparum - schizont
700
Plasmodium falciparum - gametocyte
700
Plasmodium vivax - growing trophozoite
700
Plasmodium vivax - schizont
700
Plasmodium vivax - gametocyte ♂
700
Plasmodium vivax - gametocyte ♀ 
700
Plasmodium malariae - growing – band form
1,000
Plasmodium malariae - schizont
1,000
Plasmodium malariae - gametocyte ♂
1,000
Plasmodium malariae - gametocyte ♀
1,000
Plasmodium ovale - growing trophozoite
1,000
Plasmodium ovale  - schizont
1,000
Plasmodium ovale  - gametocyte ♂
1,000
Plasmodium ovale  - gametocyte ♀
1,000
Leishmania tropica (amastigote)
1,000
Leishmania tropica (promastigote)
1,000
 
More information, please contact
Ms. Wanna Maipanich M.Sc., D.A.P.& E
Dept. of Helminthology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University
Bangkok 10400, THAILAND
Tel : 662-354-9100 to 19, ext 1820
Fax : 662-643-5600
E-mail: tmwmp@mahidol.ac.th
 
Last updated: December 8, 2008
 
 
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