Microsporidian infection in the cyst wall of Trematode metacercariae encysted in fish.
Microsporidian infection is reported in Liza ramada (Risso), Mugilidae, from Bardawil Lagoon, Mediterranean coast of Sinai, in the fibroblasts of the metacercarial capsule of Heterophyes heterophyes (Siebold). Infection of the metacercarial cyst resulted in an hypertrophy of the cyst wall and degeneration and eventual death of the encapsulated metacercaria.
D000818:Animals; D016782:Apicomplexa / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003560:Cysts / Q000469:parasitology; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D005399:Fishes; D006578:Heterophyidae / Q000469:parasitology*; D007557:Israel; D009132:Muscles / Q000469:parasitology; D011529:Protozoan Infections, Animal; D014200:Trematoda / Q000469:parasitology*; D014201:Trematode Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*