SCANNING ELECTRON-MICROSCOPY OF THE TEGUMENTS OF MALES FROM 5 POPULATIONS OF SCHISTOSOMA-MATTHEEI

  • 1 June 1986
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 53  (2) , 109-110
Abstract
The teguments of males from 5 populations of S. mattheei, of which 3 were sympatric and 2 allopatric with S. haematobium, were studied by means of scanning electron microscopy (SEM). A certain percentage of the males of each sympatric population bore tubercle spines while the allopatric populations were spineless. It is postulated that the presence of tubercle spines is a characteristic inherited from S. haematobium.