Definition of Cercariae. Meaning of Cercariae. Synonyms of Cercariae

- A cercaria (plural cercariae) is the larval form of the trematode class of parasites. It develops within the germinal cells of the sporocyst or redia...
- rediae, either of which may give rise to free-swimming, motile cercariae larvae. The cercariae then could either infect a vertebrate host or a second intermediate...
- infected when the cercariae (the larval forms of trematodes) penetrate the skin. Any contact with water containing these cercariae can potentially result...
- pain and swelling of the affected areas. People repeatedly exposed to cercariae develop heavier symptoms with faster onset. There are no permanent effects...
- frogs and salamanders. For second intermediate hosts, the free-swimming cercariae will begin to locate a suitable area for encystment where cercarial bodies...
- cercariae. One mother sporocyst produces half a million cercariae. After a month, the sporocysts rupture and cercariae are liberated. Free cercariae penetrate...
- verify] The manifestations of schistosomal infection vary over time as the cercariae, and later adult worms and their eggs, migrate through the body. If eggs...
- undergo metamorphosis and give rise to fork-tailed cercariae. Stimulated by light, hundreds of cercariae penetrate out of the snail into water. The cercaria...
- a second free-swimming stage called cercariae. The key identifying characteristic of Ribeiroia ondatrae cercariae is the bifurcated esophagus (although...
- hosts and develop into cercariae, which erupt from the body of the snail host and find and attach to aquatic plants. The cercariae then develop into metacercarial...