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Studies with Brugia pahangi 5. Structure of the cuticle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

Rosemary Rogers ,
D. A. Denham  and
G. S. Nelson
Rosemary Rogers
Affiliation:
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, WCIE 7HT
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Abstract

The structure of the cuticle of third and fourth stage larvae and of adult Brugia pahangi (Nematoda: Filarioidea) was studied by light microscopy and by transmission and scanning electron microscopy. The cuticle of these worms was basically typical of the class Nematoda and consisted of cortical, matrix, and basal layers. Finely spaced annulation grooves were present and their function is discussed.

Descriptions of the cuticular ultrastructure of filarial nematodes are meagre. Studies on the cuticle of adult worms are limited to those of Kagei (1960, 1963) on Setaria cervi and Litomosoides carinii and of McLaren and Hockley (personal communication) who examined L. carinii and Dipetalonema vitea

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 48 , Issue 2 , June 1974 , pp. 113 - 117
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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