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A study of the relationship between temperature and the infectivity of Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma haematobium cercariae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

A. M. Ghandour
A. M. Ghandour
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Faculty ofScience, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan
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Abstract

It was shown that maintenance of cercariae of S. mansoni and S. haematobium at low (10°C) and high temperatures (40°C) markedly increased their mortality during penetration of mammalian host skin. These increased losses in the skin accounted for the known decrease in infectivity, as measured by adult worm recovery, of cercariae kept at low or high temperatures.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 50 , Issue 3 , September 1976 , pp. 193 - 196
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1976

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