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Pictorial Presentation of Parasites by Herman Zaiman

Thanks to the generosity of Herman Zaiman and his family, ASTMH proudly presents “Pictorial Presentation of Parasites,” a famous collection of more than 2,000 slides of various vectors.

Dr. Zaiman, a longtime ASTMH member, spent his career as a radiologist and educator until retiring in 2000. He taught at Einstein College in New York. He also co-authored several medical texts, including "Photographic Case Studies in Gastroenterology: Diagnostic Tests for the Practitioner" in 1992. Additionally, his writing has appeared in journals such as the Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry and the American Journal of Pathology.

His "Pictorial Presentation of Parasites" is a seminal image collection that will remain a valued resource for those in the tropical medicine and hygiene field for decades to come.

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Human appendix. Within the lumen of the appendix, one sees cross sections of a nematode with markedly different diameters.
Trichuris trich...
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Higher magnification of previous slide.
Trichuris trich...
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Anterior end of the parasite showing the cervical alae and the bulbous esophagus. (Human appendix. )
Enterobius verm...
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Multiple cross sections show lateral crests, digestive tracts and ova in uteri. This photograph was taken primarily to demonstrate the structure of the esophagus in longitudinal section. Note the free blood present in the appendiceal lumen and in the gut of the parasite.
Enterobius verm...
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Longitudinal section of adult worm in appendix. The structure of the esophagus is more apparent in this higher power.
Enterobius verm...
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Longitudinal section of the gut containing blood.
Enterobius verm...
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Whole mount.
Fasciola hepati...
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Higher power view of the anterior portion of the parasite in slide 57. This was taken to demonstrate the cuticular spines which help differentiate this parasite from Clonorchis when sections of infected bile ducts must be examined.
Fasciola hepati...
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Eggs in adult within a bile duct. These eggs are larger than those of Clonorchis; they are more oval and have an operculum which appears practically continuous with the rest of the egg shell.
Fasciola hepati...
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Liver. This is a higher power of the material seen in slide number 9. Note that the section passes through the oral sucker and pharynx. The two more or less elliptical rings represent sections through the digestive ceca.
Clonorchis sine...
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