Mesocestoides Variabilis

These are immature proglottids from the tapeworm, Mesocestoides variabilis, taken from an 18 month old child, 1971. The tapeworm Mesocestoides variabilis is only rarely parasitic in humans, but is normally parasitic in foxes, skunks, dogs and racoons. Image courtesy CDC/Neva Gleason. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images).
These are immature proglottids from the tapeworm, Mesocestoides variabilis, taken from an 18 month old child, 1971. The tapeworm Mesocestoides variabilis is only rarely parasitic in humans, but is normally parasitic in foxes, skunks, dogs and racoons. Image courtesy CDC/Neva Gleason. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images).
Mesocestoides Variabilis
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Smith Collection/Gado / Contributor
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January 01, 1971
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