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Interaction between neutrophils and Schistosoma mansoni larvae in vivo. A transmission electron-microscopic study
A L de Melo1, C R Machado, L H Pereira
1Departamento de Parasitologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brasil.
Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De Sao Paulo
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
Schistosoma mansoni cercariae were inoculated into the peritoneal cavity of naive mice and recovered 30 minutes later. Ultrastructural studies showed that neutrophils adhere to the larval surface and participate in the removal of glycocalyx by phagocytosis. This finding suggests that the neutrophils can play a role on the cercaria-schistosomulum transformation process.