{"title":"In vitro survival of Echinococcus granulosus protoscolices in several media, at +4 degrees C and +37 degrees C.","authors":"N Casado, F Rodriguez-Caabeiro, S Hernandez","doi":"10.1007/BF00931155","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>As a first step towards hydatid disease control, the in vitro survival of protoscolices of Echinococcus granulosus was investigated for various media and temperatures. Higher percentage survival was obtained than previously reported: at 4 degrees C, 100% survival was obtained for 20 days in medium 199 (GIBCO) and for 25 days in hydatid fluid from the host of origin. Maximal survival was 30% at 55 days in these conditions. Flame cell activity was the criterion of choice for viability. At 37 degrees C survival rates were lower and morphological changes in protoscolices were observed.</p>","PeriodicalId":76856,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Parasitenkunde (Berlin, Germany)","volume":"72 2","pages":"273-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/BF00931155","citationCount":"24","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Zeitschrift fur Parasitenkunde (Berlin, Germany)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00931155","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
As a first step towards hydatid disease control, the in vitro survival of protoscolices of Echinococcus granulosus was investigated for various media and temperatures. Higher percentage survival was obtained than previously reported: at 4 degrees C, 100% survival was obtained for 20 days in medium 199 (GIBCO) and for 25 days in hydatid fluid from the host of origin. Maximal survival was 30% at 55 days in these conditions. Flame cell activity was the criterion of choice for viability. At 37 degrees C survival rates were lower and morphological changes in protoscolices were observed.