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Diphyllobothriasis proglottids

Diphyllobothriasis proglottids
(A) Section of an adult Dibothriocephalus latus containing many proglottids. The scolex was not present in this specimen.
(B) Close-up of a few of the proglottids from the specimen in figure A, showing the rosette-shaped uterus at the center of each proglottid.
(C, D) Carmine-stained proglottids of D. latus, showing the rosette-shaped ovaries.
Reproduced from: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Parasites and Health: Diphyllobothriasis. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/diphyllobothriasis/index.html/.
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