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Infection of Hamsters with Terminal-spined Schistosomes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2009
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Four methods of infecting hamsters with S. mattheei and S. haematobium were compared. The ring method was found to be the most efficient and the cercariae of both species penetrated in 10—20 minutes.
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