The simple laboratory maintenance of a highly productive Schistosoma japonicum life cycle.
The maintenance and infection of Oncomelania hupensis hupensis, the intermediate host of the Chinese strain of Schistosoma japonicum, is described. 60% of the snails exposed to miracidia became patent, and 5000 patent snails can be produced which yield over 250,000 cercariae per week. The maintenance and infection of snails require less than 8 man-hours per week.
Moloney
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London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Winches Farm Field Station, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England.
Hinchcliffe
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Webbe
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D000818:Animals; D007753:Laboratories; D008722:Methods; D012549:Schistosoma japonicum / Q000254:growth & development*; D012908:Snails / Q000469:parasitology*; D013997:Time Factors