Morphological variation and abnormality of cephalic hooklets of Gnathostoma spinigerum hepatic stage larvae from laboratory infected mice.

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One thousand advanced third-stage larvae of Gnathostoma spinigerum from laboratory infected mice, two to five weeks after being fed with infected cyclops, were examined specifically for the morphology of their cephalic hooklets. Among these, only the 15-day old (early hepatic-stage) larvae and the 30-day old (late hepatic-stage) larvae were measured for the size of their body and hooklets. The average body size...

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