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The behaviour of infective Ancylostoma caninum larvae in serum gradients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2009

M. A. Zietse ,
J. C. M. Klaver-Wesseling  and
J. C. M. Vetter
M. A. Zietse
Affiliation:
Laboratorium voor Parasitologie, Universiteit van Amsterdam and Instituut voor Tropische Hygiëne, Koninklijk Instituut voor tie Tropen, Mauritskade 57,1092 AD Amsterdam, Netherlands
J. C. M. Klaver-Wesseling
Affiliation:
Laboratorium voor Parasitologie, Universiteit van Amsterdam and Instituut voor Tropische Hygiëne, Koninklijk Instituut voor tie Tropen, Mauritskade 57,1092 AD Amsterdam, Netherlands
J. C. M. Vetter
Affiliation:
Laboratorium voor Parasitologie, Universiteit van Amsterdam and Instituut voor Tropische Hygiëne, Koninklijk Instituut voor tie Tropen, Mauritskade 57,1092 AD Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Abstract

Experiments were carried out to investigate if sera of animal species other than dog are chemotactically active for infective larvae of Ancyclostoma caninum. Those sera were also found to contain such a factor(s), although the larvae were attracted significantly better by dog serum. How this chemotaxis might be applied to the in vivo situation, when infective A. caninum larvae penetrate the skin of dogs, is discussed.

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Research Article
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 55 , Issue 3 , September 1981 , pp. 203 - 208
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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