MORPHOLOGY AND ULTRASTRUCTURE OF THE DIGESTIVE GLAND OF BITHYNIA-SIAMENSIS-GONIOMPHALUS (PROSOBRANCHIA, BITHYNIIDAE) AND ALTERATIONS INDUCED BY INFECTION WITH THE LIVER FLUKE OPISTHORCHIS-VIVERRINI (TREMATODA,DIGENEA)

Authors
ADAM R PIPITGOOL V SITHITHAWORN P HINZ E STORCH V
Citation
R. Adam et al., MORPHOLOGY AND ULTRASTRUCTURE OF THE DIGESTIVE GLAND OF BITHYNIA-SIAMENSIS-GONIOMPHALUS (PROSOBRANCHIA, BITHYNIIDAE) AND ALTERATIONS INDUCED BY INFECTION WITH THE LIVER FLUKE OPISTHORCHIS-VIVERRINI (TREMATODA,DIGENEA), Parasitology research, 81(8), 1995, pp. 684-692
Citations number
56
Categorie Soggetti
Parasitiology
Journal title
Parasitology research → ACNP
ISSN journal
09320113
Volume
81
Issue
8
Year of publication
1995
Pages
684 - 692
Database
ISI
SICI code
0932-0113(1995)81:8<684:MAUOTD>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
The morphology and ultrastructure of the digestive gland of Bithynia s iamensis goniomphalus and its alteration by infection with Opisthorchi s viverrini were investigated by light and electron microscopy. The di gestive gland of B. s, goniomphalus was composed of three different ce ll types: digestive cells, excretory cells, and narrow cells. In infec ted animals the number of excretory cells increased dramatically. Cell ular injury in digestive cells as well as in excretory cells following the infection could be observed at the ultrastructural level.