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Inorganic elements in adult Ternidens deminutus (Nematoda: Strongylidea: Oesophagostominae) from humans and baboons

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

J. M. Goldsmid
J. M. Goldsmid
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
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Abstract

The present paper presents the results of an analysis of the inorganic elements detected in Ternidens deminutus from human and baboon hosts. It reports on the presence of Zn, Fe, P, Ca, Cu, Mg, mn and K in the worms and notes especially that worms from humans contained a higher percentage of body weight of Zn than those from baboons, a finding in agreement with an earlier EDAX analysis of the pigment granules of this species.

Keywords

Ternidens deminutusinorganic elements
Type
Research Papers
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 60 , Issue 2 , June 1986 , pp. 147 - 148
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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