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Schistosome behavior in vitro
1Department of Microbiology, California State University, 90840, Long Beach, California.
Journal of Chemical Ecology
|December 6, 2013
Abstract:
Schistosome adults attract each other in vitro and the attraction is chemically mediated. InSchistosoma mansoni adults, excretory-secretory (ES) products of worms of one sex attract worms of the opposite sex, and at least the lipophilic fraction is attractive. Intra- and interspecific attraction occurs inSchistosoma mansoni, S. japonicum, andS. haematobium adults. Current knowledge of schistosome behavior in vitro is reviewed.
