title: [Preparation of agar-paraffin double-embedded longitudinal sections of Schistosoma japonicum].
abstract: Schistosoma japonicum adults are pre-embedded in a double-layer agar and made the block, then dehydrated with alcohol, isobutyl alcohol and n-butyl alcohol. Various staining procedures can be conducted after conventional sectioning and dewaxing. Complete longitudinal serial sections of the pre-embedded worms can be obtained, and the desired sections can be easily located accurately.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, School of Medicine, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China.
authors.forename: Ke-Geng
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Qing-Ren
authors.initials: QR
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Yu-Kuai
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Li-Ting
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016612:Paraffin Embedding / Q000379:methods*; D012549:Schistosoma japonicum / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D013194:Staining and Labeling