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. 2010 Jul 20;4(7):e754. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000754

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The pictures show a S. mansoni egg as seen under a light microscope using 100× magnification. S. mansoni egg without deformation as seen in a Kato-Katz thick smear (A), and egg deformed through the influence of zinc sulphate in FS7 and centrifugation as seen under the FLOTAC reading disc (B).