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A Brazilian man presented to the ER with mild gastrointestinal symptoms. Physical examination revealed a small, raised area of skin on the patient’s back. The  larvae depicted here was identified in the iodine wet mount from the patient’s stool sample and has a short buccal canal and prominent genital primordium. What is the correct laboratory interpretation?

The egg shown below was found in the feces of a child. The ovum is the diagnostic stage of the common, large intestinal roundworm.  The laboratory interpretation should be reported as:  

Which of the following groups contains the SARS virus?

The cyst in this trichrome stain is from a fecal sample of an asymptomatic patient. The cyst has no evident nuclear peripheral chromatin, a large karyosome, and coarsely granular cytoplasm containing an obvious glycogen vacuole. What would be the appropriate laboratory report?  

Cimex sp. take blood meals from warm-blooded hosts. The primary pathology associated with this ectoparasite is:

Which of the following components is not included in a routine examination of an O & P sample of stool?  

The appropriate temperature to incubate specimens for dermatophytic culture is ____º C.

Which of the following organisms has an undulating membrane that extends half the length of body and preferentially attaches to mucosal membranes in the genital tract of humans?

The mainline logic of almost every procedural computer program consists of these three distinct parts: ____ .

After programs are put into production, making necessary changes is called ____.