Image of the Day: Parasite Eggs
Eggs from the roundworm Trichuris trichiura, which hatches in humans' small intestines and may protect their hosts from autoimmune disease
May 23, 2013
PLOS Pathogens, Kimberley Evason, UCSF School of Medicine, Department of Pathology
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