Ancylostoma duodenale – Egg

  • Detected in faecal specimens of infected human
  • Egg not infective to human
  • Egg develops in soli and hatches into a rhabditiform larva and then to a filariform larva
Diagnostic Features
  • Size: 60 µm x 40 µm (range, 57-76 µm x 35-47 µm)
  • Shape: Oval or ellipsoidal
  • Shell is thin and colourless
  • Contain 4 -8 cells
Magnification x40