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Phenotypic plasticity in adult worms of Schistosoma mansoni (Trematoda:Schistosomatidae) evidenced by brightfield and confocal laser scanning microscopies.
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - 1 Mar 2004
Neves Renata Heisler, Costa-Silva Michele, Martinez Elaine Machado, Branquinho Thiago B, de Oliveira Regina Maria Figueiredo, Lenzi Henrique Leonel, Gomes Delir Corrêa, Machado-Silva José Roberto
Abstract excerpt
A comparative morphometric study was performed to identify host-induced morphological alterations in Schistosoma mansoni adult worms. A wild parasite population was obtained from a naturally infected rodent (Nectomys squamipes) and then recovered from laboratory infected C3H/He mice. Furthermore, allopatric worm populations maintained for long-term under laboratory conditions in Swiss Webster mice were passed on...
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