Table 1.
Clinical data for three female gnathostomiasis patients who were the source of three recovered STIM.
Fig 1.
Light micrograph of permanent stain of STIM.
(A); Head bulb with eight rows of cephalic hooklets (B); Caudal area (C).
Fig 2.
Light micrographs of permanent mount of Adults and permanent stain of AL3.
Adult female (A, D, G) and male (B, E, H) with anterior (A), middle (D) and caudal (G) areas, respectively. Anterior cephalic hooklets and cuticular spines are shown in inset images (A-C).
Table 2.
Comparative morphological characteristics of the STIM specimens with other stages of G. spinigerum under scanning electron microscopy.
Fig 3.
Electron micrographs of the anterior of G. Spinigerum.
Head (A-D); Neck (E-H); Cuticular spines with higher magnification (I-L); L3 (A, E, I); AL3 (B, F, J); adult (C, G, K); STIM (D, H, L).
Fig 4.
Electron micrographs of the caudal part of G. spinigerum in any stage.
Caudal area (A-D); Cuticular spine with higher magnification (E-H); tail (I-L); L3 (A, E, I); AL3 (B, F, J); adult (C, G, K); STIM (D, H, L).
Fig 5.
Diagram for various stages of G. spinigerum.
Cephalic spines (A); Anterior body cuticular spines (B); Middle-Posterior body cuticular spines (C); Cuticular spine naked-areas (D); Caudal body cuticular spines (E). The ratio of real image: The ratio of magnification image (+).