Corte transversal del cuello de la fase adulta Taenia solium

Abstract

The worm was obtained from the small bowel of a golden hamster under 30 days of immunosuppression previously infected orally with 10 Taenia solium metacestodes. The tissue was included in resin and 10 microns thick sections were made and stained with phalloidin-rhodamine (red) for revealing F-actin using confocal microscopy under a 540-605 nm filter. The continuous syncytial tegument delimits the segment of the parasite and the F-actin fluorescent label highlights the parasitic tissue. The couples of nerve cords are identified at the upper and lower ends of the micrograph.