Surface ultrastructure of a Malaysian Spirometra sp. - a preliminary study

Mastura AB¹, Ambu S¹, Johari S², Teh Hamidah Z³ and Hasnah O¹

1. Environmental Health Research Centre, Institute for Medical Research, 50588 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2. Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 59100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

3. Electron Microscopy Unit, Division of Parasitology. Institute for Medical Research, 50588 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

CITATION: Mastura AB, Ambu S, Johari S, Teh Hamidah Z, Hasnah O. Surface ultrastructure of a Malaysian Spirometra sp- a preliminary study. International Medical Research Journal. 1998 Jun;2(1):17–9. 

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ABSTRACT

The external morphology of the egg, plerocercoid and adult stage of Spirometra sp. (Malaysian strain) was studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The egg-shell had scattered deep pits on the surface and the pits varied in size from small to large. The microtriches on the anterior, body and posterior part of the plerocercoid stage were conoid.

KEYWORDS: ultrastructure, Spirometra sp., SEM