Hostname: page-component-74656f9884-j7cmm Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2026-11-07T05:52:39.671Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Blood-feeding in the young adult filarial worms Litomosoides sigmodontis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2005

T. ATTOUT
Affiliation:
Parasitologie Comparée et Modèles expérimentaux, associé à l'INSERM (U567), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle et Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, 61 rue Buffon, 75231 Paris cedex 05, France
S. BABAYAN
Affiliation:
Parasitologie Comparée et Modèles expérimentaux, associé à l'INSERM (U567), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle et Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, 61 rue Buffon, 75231 Paris cedex 05, France
A. HOERAUF
Affiliation:
Institute of Medical Parasitology, University Clinic Bonn, Sigmund-Freud Strasse 25, 53105 Bonn, Germany
D. W. TAYLOR
Affiliation:
Centre for Infectious Diseases, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Roslin Midlothian, Scotland, UK
W. J. KOZEK
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology and Medical Zoology, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan Puerto Rico, 00936-5067, USA
C. MARTIN
Affiliation:
Parasitologie Comparée et Modèles expérimentaux, associé à l'INSERM (U567), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle et Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, 61 rue Buffon, 75231 Paris cedex 05, France
O. BAIN
Affiliation:
Parasitologie Comparée et Modèles expérimentaux, associé à l'INSERM (U567), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle et Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, 61 rue Buffon, 75231 Paris cedex 05, France
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Information

Type
Correction
Copyright
© 2005 Cambridge University Press
Figure 0

Red blood cells in the intestine of young Litomosoides sigmodontis adult females. (A) From a BALB/c mouse, day 33 p.i., index 2 of RBC density (body width at vulva=80 μm). (B) Higher magnification of (A). (C) From a BALB/c mouse, day 30 p.i., index 3 of RBC density (body width=80 μm). (D) From a gerbil, day 28 p.i., worm fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde and cleared in lactophenol (diameter of RBC=10 μm). v, Vulva.