Rostellar hook morphology of Echinococcus granulosus (Batsch, 1786) from natural and experimental Australian hosts, and its implications for strain recognition

R.P. Hobbs; A.J. Lymbery; R.C.A. Thompson

doi:10.1017/S0031182000063332

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Rostellar hook morphology of Echinococcus granulosus (Batsch, 1786) from natural and experimental Australian hosts, and its implications for strain recognition

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Rostellar hook morphology of Echinococcus granulosus (Batsch, 1786) from natural and experimental Australian hosts, and its implications for strain recognition

R.P. Hobbs, A.J. Lymbery and R.C.A. Thompson

Parasitology, Vol.101(02), pp.273-281

1990

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182000063332

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Abstract

An analysis of the rostellar hooks of Australian isolates of Echinococcus granulosus revealed that there was less variation in larval (metacestode) than adult characters and that metacestode characters could be measured directly from adult worms. A factor analysis indicated that two factors, one representing a contrast between number of hooks and their length, and the other representing blade lenghts, were sufficient to account for 87.5% of the variance in metacestode hook measurements. These results indicate that rostellar hook morphology is not useful for discriminating strains of E. granulosus in Australia. The Tasmanian and mainland domestic strains were found to be indistinguishable using rostellar morphology. Although many of the isolates from sylvatic hosts differed from those domestic hosts, there was not a clear separation as would be expected if two distinct strains existed. Evidence was presented to show that the morphological differences seen in sylvatic hosts could be attributed to host-induced effects, and that the previously accepted existence of two mainland strains should be investigated further.

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Title: Rostellar hook morphology of Echinococcus granulosus (Batsch, 1786) from natural and experimental Australian hosts, and its implications for strain recognition
Authors/Creators: R.P. Hobbs (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
A.J. Lymbery (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
R.C.A. Thompson (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
Publication Details: Parasitology, Vol.101(02), pp.273-281
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Identifiers: 991005541744507891
Murdoch Affiliation: School of Veterinary Studies
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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Citation topics: 1 Clinical & Life Sciences; 1.163 Parasitology - General; 1.163.1106 Echinococcosis
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