Scanning electron microscopy of the teguments of males from five populations of Schistosoma mattheei

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Kruger, F.J.
Hamilton-Attwell, V.L.
Schutte, C.J.H. (Casper Jan Hendrik), 1934-2013

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Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria.

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The teguments of males from 5 populations of S. mattheei, of which 3 were sympatric and 2 allopatric with S. haematobium, were studied by means of scanning electron microscopy (SEM). A certain percentage of the males of each sympatric population bore tubercle spines while the allopatric populations were spineless. It is postulated that the presence of tubercle spines is a characteristic inherited from S. haematobium.

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Veterinary medicine

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Kruger, FJ, Hamilton-Attwell, VL & Schutte, CHJ 1986, 'Scanning electron microscopy of the teguments of males from five populations of Schistosoma mattheei’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 53, no. 2, pp. 109-110.