Cytochemical analysis of the sheath of microfilariae of Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia malayi
Araujo, A.C.; Souto-Padron, T.; de Souza, W.
Tropical Medicine and Parasitology Official Organ of Deutsche Tropenmedizinische Gesellschaft and of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit 45(4): 347-351
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0177-2392 PMID: 7716402 Document Number: 423494
Thin sections of Epon and Lowicryl embedded microfilariae of Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia malayi were analyzed by transmission electron microscopy aiming at topochemical characterization of the sheath. Three layers could be distinguished. Some of the layers were labeled when incubated in the presence of antibodies, lectins and enzymes which recognize extracellular matrix components usually associated with the basal laminae lining epithelial cells.