Kinetics of the cercaria-schistosomul um transformation in vivo: 2. The effect of oxamniquine

• Main Authors: A. L. Melo, L.H. Pereira
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1985
• Subjects: Schistosoma mansoni Cercária; Esquistossômulo; Transformação in vivo; Oxamniquine; Schistosoma mansoni; Cercariae; Schistosomule; In vivo transformation; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Hora; Sob’
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/ee232cf2d6424ff787f4433d69e26d09

To study the cercaria-schistosomulum transformation in vivo, underthe influence of an antischistosomal compound (oxamniquine), a model using cercarial infections into the abdominal cavity of mice was chosen. This procedure provided easy and reproducible recoveries of larvae from peritoneal washings...