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Schistosoma mansoni: tail loss in relation to permeability changes during cercaria–schistosomulum transformation

  • R. E. Howells (a1), S. E. Gerken (a1), F. J. Pinto-Ramalho (a1), U. Kawazoe (a1), G. Gazzinelli (a1) and J. Pellegrino (a1)...
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The hind-body region of Schistosoma mansoni cercariae observed in the scanning electron microscope demonstrates various stages of contraction which may be compared with those of living larvae which are secreting the acetabular gland contents.

No evidence for an extensive lesion was found in cercarial bodies which had shed their tails under experimental conditions. Experiments on the permeability of the larvae to sodium fluoride, methylene blue and amino acids demonstrated that tail loss significantly affects the permeability of the bodies although the effect is greater immediately after decaudation than at later times. Subsequent increases in permeability may be correlated with a change in the general body surface.

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