Egg production capacity of one-pair worms of Schistosoma japonicum in albino mice.
In the present study, a series of procedures of egg count were carried out to determine the egg production capacity in 21 ICR mice each infected with one-pair of Schistosoma japonicum. The egg count began from the first day, they were detected in the feces, which was based on a stool collection over 24 hours, twice a week. Each female S. japonicum produced an average of 2,198 eggs/day during the study period of 99 days after infection (ranged 61-147 days). Fourty-seven percent of the eggs were in the feces and 53% in tissues (45% in large intestine, 31% in small intestine, 23% in liver, 0.4% in pancreas, 0.2% in lungs, 0.1% in spleen, 0.1% in lymph nodes, 0.06% in stomach and 0.05% in heart, kidney, diaphragm and brain).
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Institute and Department of Parasitology, National Yangming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China. pcfan@ym.edu.tw
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D000818:Animals; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D051379:Mice; D010270:Parasite Egg Count; D012549:Schistosoma japonicum / Q000502:physiology*; D012554:Schistosomiasis japonica / Q000469:parasitology*; D014018:Tissue Distribution