Article
Comparative pattern of growth and development of Echinostoma paraensei (Digenea: Echinostomatidae) in hamster and Wistar rat using light and confocal laser scanning microscopy.
Experimental parasitology - 1 Dec 2017
Souza Joyce G R, Garcia Juberlan S, Gomes Ana Paula N, Machado-Silva José Roberto, Maldonado Arnaldo
Abstract excerpt
Echinostoma paraensei (Digenea: Echinostomatidae) lives in the duodenum and bile duct of rodents and is reported as a useful model for studies on the biology of flatworms. Here, we compared the growth and development of pre and post ovigerous worms collected 3, 7, 14 and 21 days post infection from experimentally infected hamster (permissive host) and Wistar rat (less permissive hosts). Linear measurements and...
Topics
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Animals
- Biomphalaria
- Cricetinae
- Echinostoma
- Echinostomiasis
- Female
- Mesocricetus
- Microscopy, Confocal
- Phenotype
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
