DEVELOPMENT OF TRUNCATED MICROTRICHES IN ECHINOCOCCUS-GRANULOSUS PROTOSCOLICES

The development of truncated microtriches in the somatic region of bot h (a) protoscolices incubated in vitro with two different drugs, i.e. ivermectin or a combination of albendazole and albendazole sulphoxide, and (b) protoscolices removed from hydatid cysts in humans treated wi th albendazole for 1.5 months is described. Our findings seem to indic ate that the development of microtriches is either an indirect effect of treatment with anthelmintics or a possible response to other, as ye t unidentified, adverse conditions.