Boophilus microplus: characterization of larval proteases. |
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Authors: | C I Reich J Zorzópulos |
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Affiliation: | Instituto de Zoología Tropical, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Apartado 51.163, Caracas 105, Venezuela |
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Abstract: | Cercariae of Schistosoma mansoni were treated with undecenyl-pseudothiourea. After centrifugation, they agglutinated into a mass. Resuspended in water, they remained immobilized. When injected sub-cutaneously into mice, they produced bisexual infections. The immobilizing drug effect, together with a reduced worm recovery rate, are time and concentration dependent. The cercariae become avirulent (99.8%) only when the flame cell is affected. Immobilizing and “cercaricidal” effects are not necessarily related properties; the latter can be determined only by in vivo tests of infectivity. No protection against reinfection was noticed in mice injected with immobilized cercariae of reduced virulence. The immobilized cercariae produced infections with a 0.7% worm recovery rate by percutaneous exposure, compared to 2.2% by subcutaneous injection. Normal cercariae produced infections with average recovery rates of 11.1% subcutaneously and 45% percutaneously. |
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Keywords: | Parasitic trematode Blood fluke Cercariae mobility pseudothioureas Flame cell Immobilization with drugs 10-Undecen-1-yl-isothiuronium Virulence Mice Snails |
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