Development of Trichosomoides nasalis (Nematoda: Trichinelloidea) in the murid host: evidence for larval growth in striated muscle fibres

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Table. I.

Localization of Trichosomoides nasalis in orally infected Arvicanthis niloticus (n = 67).

Time postinfection ^a	Infected/dissected hosts	Stomach	Lungs	Abdomen ^c	Total no. of worms per host
45 mpi	0/1	0	0	0	0
60 mpi	1/2	0	2/0	0	2
90 mpi	1/1	3^*	5	0	8
2 hpi	3/3	4^/0/2^	19/1/0	0	23/1/2
	1/2	1^*/0	0/0	0	1/0
4 hpi	1/1	0	4	1	5
6 hpi	1/1	0	1^*	13	14
8 hpi	1/2	0/0	0/0	0/12 + 6	0/18
2 dpi	0/1	0	0	0	0
3 dpi	1/1	0	0	5	5
	0/1	0	0	0	0
4 dpi	2/2	0	0/1^*	10/ 0	10/1
	1/1	0	0	8	8
	0/1	0	0	0	0
5 dpi	1/1	0	1	4	5
	0/1	0	0	0	0
6 dpi	0/2	0	0	0	0
7 dpi	3/7	0	6^*/3/1	0/0/0	6/3/1
	1/1	0	0	19	19
8 dpi	1/4	0	10^*	3	13
	1/1	0	0^*	5	5
	0/1	0	0	0	0
9 dpi	1/6	0	2	0	2
	1/2	0	0	2	2
10 dpi	1/6	0	0	1	1
12 dpi	0/2	nd ^b	0	0	0
	1/1	nd	0	5	5
13 dpi	0/1	nd	0	0	0
	1/1	nd	nd	4	4
14 dpi	1/1	nd	nd	2	2
	1/1	nd	nd	3	3
	1/1	nd	nd	1	1
15 dpi	0/1	nd	0	0	0
	1/1	nd	nd	0	0
16 dpi	1/3	nd	nd	2	2
17 dpi	1/2	nd	nd	2	2
Total	31/67	10	56	108	174

dpi: days post-infection; hpi: hours post-infection; mpi: minutes post-infection.

nd: not determined.

worms recovered from grossly lacerated wall: normal text; finely dissected wall: bold; abdominal cavity: italics.

in addition to undeveloped larvae, larvated eggs were present as well.

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