Oncosphere

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Oncosphere

one of the larval stages of most tapeworms. The body is spherical with three pairs of chitinous hooks; hence, an oncosphere is often called a hexacanth—literally, a six-hooked embryo. The oncosphere develops within an egg inside the worm’s uterus. The egg then leaves the body of the host in the host’s feces. The oncosphere continues to develop in water Or in the body of an intermediate host.

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No references found			multilocularis are sensitive to environmental factors: elevated temperature and desiccation can effectively reduce oncosphere infectivity (Veit et al. New data on the helminths of the muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) in ... by Mazeika, Vytautas; Kontenyte, Rima; Paulauskas, Algimantas / Estonian Journal of Ecology The oncosphere embryos emerge from the eggs, penetrate the intestinal wall, and are disseminated by the bloodstream to various tissues where the larval stage, or cysticercus, develops. Deaths from cysticercosis, United States by Waterman, Stephen H. / Emerging Infectious Diseases Gauci CG, Lightowlers MW Alternative splicing and sequence diversity of transcripts from the oncosphere stage of Taenia solium with homology to the 45W antigen of Taenia ovis. Immunodiagnosis of cysticercosis in China by Cai, Xuepeng; Zheng, Yadong; Luo, Xuenong; Jing, Zhizhong; Hu, Zhimin; Lu, Chengping / Journal of Applied Research			Onchidiidae Onchocerciasis onchogryposis Oncholaimoidea oncholysis onchomycosis onchosphere Oncidium Onciul, Dimitrie Oncken, Hermann Oncken, Wilhelm oncocyte oncocytoma oncofetal antigen Oncofetal antigens oncogene oncogenesis Oncogenic Virus oncolite Oncology Oncology, Institute of Experimental and Clinical oncolytic oncomouse Oncopoda Oncorhynchus Oncosphere Oncotic Pressure oncotomy Oncovirinae Onda Ondaatje Ondaatje, Michael Ondava Ondava Upland onde de choc Ondes Musicales Ondine Ondo ondograph ondoscope Ondozero Ondrejov Astronomical Institute ondulé one one condition One Hundred Years of Solitude One Ring one state One Step Forward, Two Steps Back One Time Programmable Read-Only Memory one's complement			Oncorhynchus gorbuscha Oncorhynchus gorbuscha Oncorhynchus gorbuscha Oncorhynchus keta Oncorhynchus keta Oncorhynchus kisutch Oncorhynchus kisutch Oncorhynchus kisutch Oncorhynchus Kisutch Virus Oncorhynchus Masou Virus Disease Oncorhynchus mykiss Oncorhynchus mykiss Oncorhynchus mykiss Oncorhynchus nerka Oncorhynchus nerka Oncorhynchus tschawytscha Oncorhynchus tschawytscha Oncorhynchus tschawytscha Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Oncornavirinae oncornavirus oncornavirus oncornavirus-associated cell membrane antigen oncornavirus-associated cell membrane antigen oncornaviruses ONCORR oncoscint scan oncosis Oncosphere Oncost Oncostatin M oncosts oncotherapy oncotic oncotic Oncotic pressure Oncotic pressure Oncotic pressure Oncotic pressure oncotic pressure gradient oncotomy oncotomy oncotomy oncotope oncotropic Oncovin Oncovin Oncovin Oncovin, Prednisone, Etoposide, Novantrone Oncovirinae Oncovirinae oncovirus ONCR ONCRC ONCS ONCSA ONCT ONCV ONCXDR

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