Table 1.
Infective dose and outcome of experimental A. agkistrodontis infections in four potential intermediate hosts.
Figure 1.
Lifecycle of A. agkistrodontis.
Table 2.
Change in location of A. agkistrodontis larvae in definitive host snakes over time.
Figure 2.
A. agkistrodontis eggs as seen under the microscope.
a: Mature and immature eggs isolated from uterus; b: mature egg isolated from uterus; c: immature egg isolated from uterus.
Table 3.
Average size of immature and mature A. agkistrodontis eggs recovered from definitive host snakes.
Figure 3.
Morphology of A. agkistrodontis larvae.
a: Living larvae; b: dead larvae; c: larvae in the liver and spleen of a mouse; d: schematic representation of a larva showing different structures on the body surface.
Figure 4.
Morphology of adult A. agkistrodontis.
a: Adults in the lung and thorax of a snake; b: oral cavity of an adult; c: life adult; d: schematic representation of an adult male and an adult female showing different structures on the body surface.
Figure 5.
Morphological details of A. agkistrodontis seen under an electron microscope.
a: Egg; scanning electron microscope (SEM); b: egg with three layers; transmission electron microscope (TEM); c: larva; SEM; d, e: larva with seven cortical layers; TEM; f, g: adult with a pair of curved hamuli on both sides of the mouth (f) and small masoid process-like spines on the body surface (g); SEM; h: adult with three cortical layers; TEM.
Figure 6.
Genetic relationship between A. agkistrodontis and other species of the phylum Arthropoda, depicted as phylogenetic tree based on the Neighbor-Joining approach.