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Intermediate host antigens associated with the cercariae of Schistosoma haematobium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

T.F.H.G. Jackson
T.F.H.G. Jackson
Affiliation:
Institute of Parasitology, African Medical Research Council, PO Box 1035, Durban, Natal, South Africa
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Abstract

Bulinus (Physopsts) africanus antigens were shown to be associated with the cercarial glycocalyx of Schistosoma haematobium using immunofluorescence and the Cercarienhüllen Reaktion. It is proposed that this snail antigen may sensitise the definitive host and that resistance to further invasion by cercariae could be induced in this manner.

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Research Article
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 50 , Issue 1 , March 1976 , pp. 45 - 47
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1976

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