The crowding effect in Schistosoma mansoni infection of hamsters: influence on worm size

Coelho, P.M.; Souza, R.C.; Bredt, A.; Souza-Neto, J.A.

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo 18(6): 440-442

1976


ISSN/ISBN: 0036-4665
PMID: 1019538
Document Number: 96922
Hamsters were infected with different numbers of cercariae of Schistosoma mansoni. After 50 days they were killed and the size of the worms was compared with the number of worms present. There was a significant (P<0.05) inverse correlation between the number and the length of the females present, but not of the males.

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