Imaging trematode and nematode parasites

Abstract

Recent advances in molecular genetics and in imaging mean that it is now increasingly feasible to image biological processes within helminth parasites and to visualize interactions between worms and their hosts. Moreover, other innovative imaging approaches that are not dependent on transgenic parasites have been applied to, and or developed for, the study of helminth parasites and have provided novel and important insights into the biology of these important pathogens.

‘Seeing is Believing’; the use of novel imaging approaches towards creating a greater understanding of parasite: host interactions

“…The series of reviews starts with that by Pearce and Lok who highlight various approaches to image trematode or nematode infections by utilizing their natural autofluorescence (e.g. schistosome eggs), their uptake of fluorescent dyes (e.g.…”