Table 3. Distributions of 4 Antigen B3 (AgB3) cDNAs in 30 clones randomly selected from each transformation of PCR products amplified from five stages of E. granulosus.
EgAgB | Stages | ||||
ONC | CW | PSC | IAW | MAW | |
AgB3/1 | 19 | 20 | 25 | 28 | 27 |
AgB3/2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
AgB3/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
AgB3/4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Note: ONC, oncosphere; CW, hydatid cyst membrane; PSC, protoscolex; IAW, immature adult worm; MAW, mature adult worm.