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Excretion of Schistosoma mattheei eggs from man, baboons and cattle living in their normal environment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

R. J. Pitchford  and
P. S. Visser
R. J. Pitchford
Affiliation:
Bilharzia Field Unit, S.A. Medical Research Council, Nelspruit, Eastern Transvaal, South Africa
P. S. Visser
Affiliation:
Bilharzia Field Unit, S.A. Medical Research Council, Nelspruit, Eastern Transvaal, South Africa
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Abstract

Egg excretion of S. mattheei was studied for about a year from man, baboons and cattle living in their normal environment. Although the excretory pattern was not unequivocal from man, there was a tendency of egg counts to decline with time: the baboons showed a seasonal pattern and the cattle a stable pattern throughout the year.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 49 , Issue 2 , June 1975 , pp. 137 - 142
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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