Viable protoscolex of Echinococcus granulosus in a cyst fluid sample aspirated from an active echinococcal cyst (CE1) and photographed with a Zeiss light microscope and mounted camera. The rostellar hooks are seen in the invaginated protoscolex. See Neumayr et al.
Image Credit: Enrico Brunetti
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