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A Study of three Non-furcocercous Cercariae obtained from Bullinus contortus in the Sudan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

R. G. Archibald
Affiliation:
Director, Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories
A. Marshall
Affiliation:
Superintendent, Bacteriological Section, Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories, Khartoum.

Extract

1. A technique is given for the detailed study of living cercariae in which reference is made to the value of human or horse blood serum as a mounting medium.

2. As a fixative agent for cercariae prior to staining the use of hot lacto phenol solution is recommended.

3. A description is given of three non-furcocercous cercariae obtained from Bullinus contortus in the Sudan.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1931

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