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An automatic method for recording the emergence of cercariae of Schistosoma mansoni from the snail Biomphalaria glabrata. 1978

R Disko

In order to study the pattern of emergence of trematode larvae from the snail hosts (S. mansoni from B. glabrata) an automatic apparatus was developed. This apparatus allows the snails, each suspended by a thread, to be transported at intervals of at least half an hour into different beakers into which the cercariae are shed. This "eclosion clock" is essentially a carriage driven on perlon wheels along steel bars.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007814	Larva	Wormlike or grublike stage, following the egg in the life cycle of insects, worms, and other metamorphosing animals.	Maggots,Tadpoles,Larvae,Maggot,Tadpole
D010274	Parasitology	The study of parasites and PARASITIC DISEASES.	Medical Parasitology,Parasitology, Medical
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D001700	Biomphalaria	A genus of planorbid freshwater snails, species of which are intermediate hosts of Schistosoma mansoni.	Australorbis,Australorbis glabratus,Australorbi,Biomphalarias
D012550	Schistosoma mansoni	A species of trematode blood flukes of the family Schistosomatidae. It is common in the Nile delta. The intermediate host is the planorbid snail. This parasite causes schistosomiasis mansoni and intestinal bilharziasis.	Schistosoma mansonus,mansonus, Schistosoma