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The effect of gamma radiation on cercariae of Schistosoma mansoni*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

A. M. Ghandour  and
G. Webbe
G. Webbe
Affiliation:
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Winches Farm Field Station, St. Albans
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Abstract

Studies were made of the fate of irradiated cercariae of Schistosoma mansoni, during their migration as schistosomula in the definitive host, by direct recovery of intact schistosomula from the skin and lungs and of adult worms from the liver of infected mice. Gamma radiation (6000 r) inhibited the migration and maturation of S. mansoni schistosomula to the adult stage. Penetration of irradiated cercariae into host skin proceeded normally and the first site of damage was in the lungs, but the majority of irradiated schistosomula were probably destroyed in the liver. The efiects of gamma radiation compared with those of ultra-violet radiation on cercariae of S. mansoni are discussed.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 49 , Issue 3 , September 1975 , pp. 161 - 165
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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