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Miracidia of Schistosoma mansoni hatching from eggs and transforming into mother sporocysts in vitro. Panel A: mature egg ready to hatch (arrow-head) and two immature eggs. Panel B: two miracidia after hatching. Panel C: miracidium losing its ciliated plates (arrow-head). Panel D: in vitro cultured mother sporocyst (black arrow). Scale bars: 20 μm. The micrographs were taken using a digital camera (Zeiss AxioCam ICc3) fitted to a Zeiss Axio Observer A1 microscope.
