Table 6. The basic frame for the identification of helminth eggs

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Table 6. The basic frame for the identification of helminth eggs

Identification key Group	Size of helminth eggs
Identification key Group	< 40 µm	41~80 µm	> 81 µm
Group I
Embryo (+)	Opisthorchiid, Heterophyid & Gymnophaliid flukes	Dicrocoeliid fluke
Operculum (+)
Group II
Embryo (−)		Diphyllobothriid & Spirometrid tapeworms	Echinostomatid, Paragonimus Neodiplostomum, Fasciola spp. Fasciolopsis
Group III
Embryo (+)		Cyclophyllidean tapeworm*	Schistosoma spp.
Operculum (−)
Group IV
Embryo (−)		Nematodes^†	Nametodes^‡

^*Taenia spp. and Hymenolepis spp.; ^†Ascaris lumbricoides (F), Trichuris trichiura and hookworms; ^‡Ascaris lumbricoides (U) and Trichostrongylus orientalis.